Definition of Diplococci. Meaning of Diplococci. Synonyms of Diplococci

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Definition of Diplococci

Diplococci
Diplococcus Dip`lo*coc"cus, n.; pl. Diplococci. [NL., fr. Gr. ? twofold + ? grain, seed.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.

Meaning of Diplococci from wikipedia

- nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections. Diplococci are pairs of cocci. Examples of gram-negative diplococci are Neisseria spp. and Moraxella catarrhalis...
- gonococcus (singular) or gonococci (plural), is a species of Gram-negative diplococci bacteria first isolated by Albert Neisser in 1879. An obligate human pathogen...
- Bacillota. Enterococci are Gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs (diplococci) or short chains, and are difficult to distinguish from streptococci on...
- management, and safety are unknown. If Gram-negative, oxidase-positive diplococci are visualized on direct Gram stain of urethral pus (male genital infection)...
- short rods, coccobacilli, or as in the case of Moraxella catarrhalis, diplococci in morphology, with asaccharolytic, oxidase-positive, and catalase-positive...
- Neisseriaceae are strictly aerobic and Gram-negative, occur mainly in pairs (diplococci), and typically do not have flagella. "Aquaphilus". www.uniprot.org. Neisseriaceae...
- among the Pseudomonadota, a large group of Gram-negative forms. Neisseria diplococci resemble coffee beans when viewed microscopically. Species of this genus...
- genus Streptococcus. S. pneumoniae cells are usually found in pairs (diplococci) and do not form spores and are non motile. As a significant human pathogenic...
- spirochaetes, and green sulfur bacteria. Medically-relevant gram-negative diplococci include the four types that cause a ****ually transmitted disease (Neisseria...
- function. The morphology of the organism may be classified as cocci, diplococci, bacilli (also known as "rods"), spiral-shaped or pleomorphic. Additional...