- plural of coccus.
cocci
Americannoun
Vocabulary lists containing cocci
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Coccidioides, the fungus that causes cocci, thrives in rain-soaked soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
Note that bacterial shape is not phylum-dependent; bacteria within a phylum may be cocci, rod-shaped, or spiral.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Part a: The micrograph shows ball-shaped cocci about 0.9 microns long.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
One company, Nielsen Biosciences Inc., has developed a skin test to identify cocci but has not yet been able to make it financially viable.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2013
Certain varieties are pigmented, and we observe colonies of chromogenic cocci multiplying upon slices of boiled potato, eggs, etc., presenting all the colors of the rainbow.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various
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