What is having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form chain of filiform individuals called?
leptothrix — Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form chain of filiform individuals. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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