Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
cam·py·lo·bac·ter Pronunciation:
'kam-p&-lO-"bak-t&r Function:
noun 1 capitalized : a genusof slender spirally curved rod bacteria of the family Spirillaceae that are gram-negative, microaerophilic, and motile with a characteristic motion resembling a corkscrew, that do not form spores, andthat include forms formerly included in the genus
Spirillum or
Vibrio of which some are pathogenic for domestic animals or humans —see
HELICOBACTER
2 : any bacterium of the genus Campylobacter
