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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Leptothrix

/(lĕp"tō̇*thrĭks)/ · Lep·to·thrix · IPA
01 n. A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.
  1. 1.
    A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.(Biol.)
02 a. Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.
  1. 1.
    Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.(Biol.)