Spirillum
(spī-ril′ŭm)

[L. spirillum, little coil]
A genus of spiral, motile bacteria of the family Spirillaceae and order Spirochaetales. They are found in freshwater and saltwater.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Spirillum." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737612/all/Spirillum.
Spirillum. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737612/all/Spirillum. Accessed April 5, 2025.
Spirillum. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737612/all/Spirillum
Spirillum [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737612/all/Spirillum.
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