Medical Definition of Oceanospirillum

1. A genus of motile, nonsporeforming, aerobic bacteria (family Spirillaceae) containing Gram-negative, rigid, helical cells which are 0.3 to 1.2 um in diameter. Motile cells contain bipolar fascicles of flagella. There is no growth anaerobically with nitrate. These organisms are chemoorganotrophic and possess a strictly respiratory metabolism; they neither oxidise nor ferment carbohydrates; found in marine environments. There are at present five species in this genus, of which the type species is Oceanospirillum linum. Origin: L. Oceanus, ocean, + spirillum, coil (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oceanospirillum

oceanids
Oceanites
Oceanites oceanicus
oceanographer
oceanographers
oceanographic
oceanographical
oceanographies
oceanography
oceanography
oceanologies
oceanologist
oceanologists
oceanology
oceanology
Oceanospirillum (current term)
oceans
oceanus
Oceanus
ocean bottom
ocean current
ocean floor
ocean liner
ocean perch
ocean pout
Ocean State
ocean sunfish
ocean trip
ocellar
ocellate

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