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Webster Dictionary
Leptothrixnoun
a genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated
Leptothrixnoun
having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals
Etymology: [See Leptothrix, n. ]
Wikidata
Leptothrix
Leptothrix is a genus of gram-negative Comamonadaceaebacteria which occurs in standing or slow-flowing, ferruginous, neutral to slightly acidic fresh waters with only low concentrations of organic matter. The energy metabolism of Ideonella is strictly aerobic, oxidative, and chemoorganoheterotroph. At the moment there are five species known: L. ochracea, L. discophora, L. cholodnii, L. lopholea, and L. mobilis.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Leptothrix
A genus of gram-negative, sheathed, rod-shaped bacteria in the family COMAMONADACEAE.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of leptothrix in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of leptothrix in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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