nonmotile

(ˌnɒnˈməʊtaɪl)

adj

(Biology) biology obsolete (of cells) not capable of movement; immotile

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Adj.

nonmotile - (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement

immotile

microorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic size

immobile - not capable of movement or of being moved

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It is a gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-negative, catalasepositive, nonmotile coccobacillus to rod-shaped bacterium belonging to the Acetobacteraceae family (5,6).

Fatal Meningitis in Patient with X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease Caused by Virulent Granulibacter bethesdensis

The motile and nonmotile sperm cells were distinguished by the movement of sperm cells (WHO, 1992).

Does Oregano Protect Against Testicular Toxicity Produced by Ethylene Glycol in Adult Male Albino Rat?/ ?El Oregano Protege Contra la Toxicidad Testicular Producida por Etilenglicol en Ratas Macho Albinas Adultas?

Pasteurella species are small, nonmotile, aerobic and facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative coccobacilli, first isolated from wild hogs and birds in 1878, and characterized two years later by Pasteur.

Pasteurella multocida wound infection transmitted by a pet dog

Most cilia of the 9 + 0 axoneme lack dynein arms, and they are nonmotile. Mutations of two genes--DNA11 and DNAH5--account for about 30 to 50% of all cases of primary ciliary dyskinesia, and they are responsible for the defects in the outer dynein arms.

An absence of cilia outer microtubules, an etiology not previously recognized in bilateral mucocele

Trueperella (T.) pyogenes is Gram positive, haemolytic, nonmotile, non-spore-forming, facultative anaerobic coccobacillus.

Trueperella pyogenes and Brucella abortus Coinfection in a Dog and a Cat on a Dairy Farm in Egypt with Recurrent Cases of Mastitis and Abortion

Leishmania parasites have digenetic life stage, and they are transforming from nonmotile amastigote to motile promastigote stage during in vitro isolation of the parasite from clinical specimens [9].

In Vitro Assessment of Antifungal Caspofungin on Leishmania donovani Culture Isolation

Moraxella is a genus of aerobic, gram-negative, nonmotile, oxidase positive coccobacilli [5].

Peritonitis due to Moraxella Osloensis: An Emerging Pathogen

multocida, which belongs to the Pasteurellaceae family, is a nonmotile gram-negative coccobacillus that is penicillin sensitive [6].

Multiorgan Failure and Refractory Lactic Acidosis due to Pasteurella multocida Septicemia in a Patient with No Animal Exposure

Acinetobacter is a gram-negative, nonmotile, obligate aerobic, oxidasenegative, and non-fermenting rod belonging to the Moraxellaceae family.

Investigation of Class I, II, and III Integrons Among Acinetobacter Baumannii Isolates from Hospitalized Patients in Isfahan, Iran

Ciona robusta sperm behavior is dependent on the presence of chemoattractants, because they are almost completely nonmotile in the absence of chemoattractants but actively swim when exposed to them (Bolton and Haven-hand, 1996).

Chemoattractant-Mediated Preference of Non-Self Eggs in Ciona robusta Sperm