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Spirillum
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Spirillum
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Spirillum (spire-ill-um), a motile bacterium, twisted body form, with (polar) flagella at both ends of the cell. Don't believe any microscopist who pontificate that you cannot see bacterial flagella with the light microscope. Phase contrast.

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Microbiology
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bacteriacyanobacteriaflagella
micro*scope. Spirillum. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/image/3615 (accessed on 08 June 2025).
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