micrococci
- plural of micrococcus.
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Instead, he extends only his little finger, thus exposing a minimum of his person to bacilli and micrococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each of these varieties may contain colonies of micrococci, but these organisms are neither essential nor are they constantly found.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The micrococci in the resulting infarctions multiply, and migrate into the vessels and cellular tissue of the neighborhood.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In microscopic preparations of the diseased placenta he was able to recognize numerous short bacilli and micrococci.
From Contagious Abortion of Cows by MacNeal, Ward J.
In shape bacteria are round, or rod-shaped, or spiral; the round forms are called micrococci, the rod-shaped bacilli and the spiral forms are called spirilli.
From Disease and Its Causes by Councilman, William Thomas
