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  • Spirillum: Understanding Corkscrew-Shaped Bacteria
    A corkscrew shaped bacterium is called a spirillum.

    Here are some additional details:

    * Spirilla are bacteria with a rigid, helical (spiral) shape.

    * They are typically longer and thicker than spirochetes, another type of spiral-shaped bacterium.

    * Spirochetes have a more flexible helical shape and move by rotating around their long axis.

    * Spirilla move by using flagella (whip-like appendages) that are located at the ends of the cell.

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