micrococcus
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micrococci
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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 H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
What is remarkable is that animals inoculated with the attenuated micrococcus become for a varying length of time refractory to the action of the most formidable parasites of this kind.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
Either kill the micrococcus or heal the wound, and you are free from both.
From A journey in other worlds A romance of the future by John Jacob Astor
Under observation, pale, finely-granular micrococcus balls developed and changed very quickly to bacteria, which moved about very actively.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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
Instead, he extends only his little finger, thus exposing a minimum of his person to bacilli and micrococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no proof as yet that the micrococci are the cause of the disease.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Cocci or micrococci are minute round bodies, averaging about 1 µ in diameter.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
This view acquired prominence through the investigations of Klebs, who in 1877 claimed to have isolated the micrococci which produced tubercles when injected into animals.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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
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