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coccus

[ US /ˈkɑkəs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒkəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria

How To Use coccus In A Sentence

  • Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) has the ability to survive in a highly acidic environment, which is what makes it such a nasty tooth-decayer: remember, it’s the acid bacteria produce as they consume carbohydrates that eats away at tooth enamel. Paging all you "Face on Mars" believers...
  • The acrylic acid, catechol best suppression bacterium respectively is the golden yellow staphylococcus and the saccharomycetes.
  • = -- The parasites found in food in this country are echinococcus, guineaworm, hookworm, trichina, and tapeworm. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)
  • Warmer temperatures may allow species with a low rate of infection, such as brucellosis in caribou or echinococcus in voles, to survive in larger numbers increasing the number of susceptible hosts and infected animals. Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic
  • [2] Categorise into yeast (eg. cryptococcus), yeast-like form (eg. candida), mold (eg. trichophyton), and dimorphic (eg. blastomyces, histoplasma, paracoccidioides). Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Public beaches may be one source of the surging prevalence of the superbug known as multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, researchers here said Saturday. Delusional Duck
  • “Mrs. Pryor has contracted hepatitis C and a mild case of gonococcus.” Red Hats
  • Rhococcus equi, a gram-positive bacterium, is a facultative intracellular coccobacillus that causes bronchopneumonia in foals aged 1 to 6 months. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and is a strain of the staphylococcus bacteria which is resistant to antibiotics.
  • It is important to detect Staphylococcus aureus in fermented food.
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