cocci
Americannoun
Vocabulary lists containing cocci
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These were the real experts in cocci, the patient told Azar.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022
Coccidioides, the fungus that causes cocci, thrives in rain-soaked soil.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2022
Part a: The micrograph shows ball-shaped cocci about 0.9 microns long.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Note that bacterial shape is not phylum-dependent; bacteria within a phylum may be cocci, rod-shaped, or spiral.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Many micro-organisms, whether cocci, bacilli, or of other shapes, are harmless, hence they are called non-pathogenic, to distinguish them from the disease-producing or pathogenic germs.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
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