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Streptococcus  n.  (pl. streptococci)  (Biol.) A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Streptococcus" Quotes from Famous Books



... frequently associated with these conditions are the staphylococcus aureus and the streptococcus, but it is not uncommon to meet with mixed infections in which other bacteria are present—particularly the pneumococcus, the bacillus foetidus, the bacillus coli, the bacillus pyocyaneus, and the ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles

... pneumoniae) is well marked, but it cannot be demonstrated in all. In very well marked cases of gelatinisation of the cell wall, the individual cells are cemented together in a coherent mass, to which the term "zoogloea" is applied (e. g., Streptococcus mesenteroides). In some species colouring matter or ferric oxide is stored ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre



Words linked to "Streptococcus" :   strep, streptococcal, genus Streptococcus, streptococcus tonsilitis, true bacteria, streptococci, eubacterium



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