"Thiothrix" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of colorless, filamentous, rod-shaped bacteria in the family THIOTRICHACEAE, containing sulfur globules. Thiothrix species are found as components of BIOFILMS in irrigation systems and wastewater treatment plants, and in marine environments as endosymbionts.
| Descriptor ID |
D053525
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.645.800 B03.660.250.770.800
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