cocci
Americannoun
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Three basic prokaryotic categories are cocci, spirilli, and bacilli.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Like COVID-19, people infected with cocci can have extremely different symptoms.
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
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
The investigation from this stage proceeds along two divergent lines of enquiry—the first being concerned with the identity of the bacilli—typhoid bacilli, the second with that of the cocci.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
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