Spirillum minus

Spirillum minus
a species of gram-negative bacteria incertae sedis of the family Spirillaceae, consisting of rigid, tightly coiled, spiral rods that are motile by bipolar flagella. It is a normal parasite of the nasopharynx of rats and mice and is the etiologic agent of the spirillary form of rat-bite fever.

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