*Spirillum minor* is a bacterium characterized by an amphitrichous flagellar arrangement, meaning it has a flagellum or tufts of flagella at each end. This pathogen is the causative agent of spirillary (Asian) rat-bite fever, also known as sodoku.

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Bacteria with amphitrichous flagella possess a single flagellum or tufts of flagella at each end of the cell. For example, *Spirillum minor* is an amphitrichously flagellated pathogen that causes spirillary (Asian) rat-bite fever (sodoku).

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