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
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
Note the presence or absence of altered and unaltered vegetable fibres; pus cells, blood discs; cocci in groups or chains, diphtheroid bacilli, Gram negative bacilli or cocci, spores and acid fast bacteria.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
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