genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals
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a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
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n any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form n spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water n any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form