Spirillum

See also: spirillum

Translingual

Etymology

A neuter diminutive of Latin spīra (“spiral, twisted thing”).

Proper noun

Spirillum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spirillaceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Betaproteobacteria - class; Nitrosomonadales - order; Spirillaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Spirillum volutans - type species; Spirillum kriegii, Spirillum pleomorphum, Spirillum winogradskyi - other species

References

• Spirillum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spirillum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spirillum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Spirillum at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Spirillum at World Register of Marine Species
• Spirillum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Spirillum at National Center for Biotechnology Information