Look up: diplococcus

1. diplococcus
   [n] - gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
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2. diplococcus
   Bacterial strain in which two spherical cells (cocci) are joined to form a pair like a dumb-bell or figure-of-eight.
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3. Diplococcus
   Dip`lo·coc'cus noun ; plural Diplococci . [ New Latin , from Greek diplo`os twofold + ko`kkos grain, seed.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus .
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4. diplococcus
   Bacterial strain in which two spherical cells (cocci) are joined to form a pair like a dumb bell or figure of eight. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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5. diplococcus
   noun Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
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6. diplococcus
   (dip″lo-kok´әs) pl. diplococ´ci any of the spherical, lance-shaped, or coffee bean–shaped bacteria occurring usually in pairs as a result of incomplete separation after cell division in a single plane. any organism of the genus Diplococcus.
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7. Diplococcus
   • (n.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.
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8. diplococcus
   (from the article `coccus`) in microbiology, a spherical-shaped bacterium. Many species of bacteria have characteristic arrangements that are useful in identification. Pairs of ...
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9. Diplococcus
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dip′lō-kok′ŭs Definitions: 1. Species of this former genus of bacteria are now assigned to other genera. Diplococcus pneumoniae, the type species of Diplococcus, is a member of the genus Streptococcus. See: Neisseria, Peptococcus, Streptococcus
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10. diplococcus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dip′lō-kok′ŭs, dip′lō-kok′ŭs Definitions: 1. Spheric or ovoid bacterial cells joined together in pairs. 2. Common name of any organism belonging to the former bacterial genus Diplococcus.
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11. Diplococcus
    A `diplococcus` (plural `diplococci`) is a round bacterium (a coccus) that typically occurs in pairs of two joined cells. Examples are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. Of these, all are Gram-negative except...
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