streptothrix

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English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

streptothrix (plural streptothrixes)

  1. (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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