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1. (n.) A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.

2. (n.) Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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