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Leptotrichia

noun Lep·to·trich·ia \ˌlep-tə-ˈtrik-ē-ə\

Medical Definition of LEPTOTRICHIA

:  a genus of long filamentous gram-negative anaerobic rod bacteria of the family Bacteroidaceae that are sometimes placed in the genus Leptothrix

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