is spirillum winogradskyi a pathogenic bacteria
Spirillum. a genus of gram-negative, spiral, and curved bacteria, including one species, S. miÂ´nus, that is pathogenic for guinea pigs, rats, mice, and monkeys and is the cause of rat-bite fever in humans.piÂ·rilÂ·la. A member of the genus Spirillum. /SpiÂ·rilÂ·lum/ (spi-rilÂ´um) a genus of gram-negative bacteria. The species S. miÂ´nus is pathogenic for guinea pigs, rats, mice, and monkeys and is the cause of rat-bite fever (sodoku) in humans.