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Streptothrix


Strep′to-thrix

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] pliant, bent + [GREEK] a hair.]
(Biol.)
A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.

Definition 2024


streptothrix

streptothrix

See also: Streptothrix

English

Noun

streptothrix (plural streptothrixes)

  1. (biology) Any of the genus Streptothrix of bacilli, occurring in the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.