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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 microscopists who pontificate that you cannot see bacterial flagella with the light microscope. Phase contrast.
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- Proteobacteria (Purple Bacteria & relatives)
- Betaproteobacteria
- Nitrosomonadales
- Spirillaceae
- Spirillum
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