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English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
streptothrix (plural streptothrixes)
- (obsolete, biology) Any of the former genus Streptothrix of bacilli, having long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted. Some species are now classified in genus Actinomyces.
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