micrococcus
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This disease is caused by a small micrococcus, the organisms joined in pairs.
From Disease and Its Causes by Councilman, William Thomas
So in cases of mortification of the bag; in the very occurrence there is fair circumstantial evidence of the presence of erysipelas micrococcus or other germ which kills the local tissues.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The micrococcus which causes fowl cholera loses its power if it be cultivated in common culture media, care being taken to allow several days to elapse between the successive inoculations into new culture flasks.
From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
The micrococcus has a habit of elongating at times until it is impossible to recognize him except as a bacterium; while bacilli, again, break up until their particles exactly resemble micrococci.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various
They are found almost indiscriminately in any of these wound infections, and none of them appears to have any definite relation to any special form of disease unless it be the micrococcus of erysipelas.
From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
Instead, he extends only his little finger, thus exposing a minimum of his person to bacilli and micrococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
Klebs5 obtained micrococci from the trachea and from blood taken from the hearts of infant cadavers.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The thrombi thus formed are further enlarged by the deposition of micrococci, which multiply, block up individual capillary loops, and invade contiguous tissues.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
They could not be identified as micrococci, while in the tissue they are more recognizable.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Of more significance is the detection of the same or similar micrococci in the blood of the living patients during severe attacks.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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