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Definition of Spirillaceae
1. Noun. Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria.
Generic synonyms: Bacteria Family
Group relationships: Order Pseudomonadales, Pseudomonadales
Member holonyms: Genus Spirillum, Genus Vibrio
Medical Definition of Spirillaceae
1. A family of usually motile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (order Pseudomonadales) containing Gram-negative, rod-shaped cells which are curved or spirally twisted. Motile cells contain a single polar flagellum or a tuft of polar flagella. These organisms are primarily water forms, although some are parasitic or pathogenic on humans and other higher animals. The type genus is Spirillum. Origin: see Spirillum (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirillaceae
Literary usage of Spirillaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Bacteriology (technical and Agricultural) by David Ellis (1909)
"... process of constriction (Spirillaceae). There can be little doubt that in the
various members of the Thread-bacteria the method of cell-division follows ..."
2. Bacteriology and Mycology of Foods by Fred Wilbur Tanner (1919)
"Spirillaceae. c. Cells inclosed in a sheath 4. ... Spirillaceae Cells rigid, not
snake-like or flexuous: a. Cells without organs of motion 1. ..."
3. Pathogenic Micro-organisms; a Text-book of Microbiology for Physicians and by Ward J. MacNeal, Herbert Upham Williams (1914)
"66—Types of spirilla, rr>vr • W -'- ~ -J/" ' Vvo^^ decade and the propriety of
including them in the spirillaceae may be seriously questioned. ..."
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