immotile
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While many forms are fixed to the substratum, others are free, being in this condition either motile or immotile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
The cause of this luminosity is Micrococcus phosphorens, an immotile round, or almost round organism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
Nearly all cocci are immotile, while the bacilli may or may not be.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)
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