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Micrococcus

NOUN
  1. type genus of the family Micrococcaceae

How To Use Micrococcus In A Sentence

  • Lactobacillus casei and micrococcus roseus were used as starter culture to produce fermented sausage with mutton and studied the physico-chemistry property of sausages.
  • Comparisons of bacterial and fungal loads by culture, from samples collected with an impaction sampler, showed Staphylococcus hemolyticus and Micrococcus lutens as the most common in indoor air.
  • Humans have a whole garden of specialized human-dwelling bacteria -- tank-car E. coli, balloon-shaped staphylococcus, streptococcus, corynebacteria, micrococcus, and so on. Bacteria: a post in quotes
  • In the case of the simplest and most minute Schizomycetes [v. 03 p. 0162] (_Micrococcus_, &c.) no definite spores have been discovered; any one of the vegetative micrococci may commence a new series of cell by growth and division. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
  • The venereal diseases, gonorrhoea and syphilis, are due to bacteria -- the former to a micrococcus, the latter to a spirochaete. Some of the Triumphs of Modern Medicine
  • In its most general sense, the term microbe designates certain colorless algæ belonging to the family Bacteriaceæ, the principal forms of which are known under the name of _Micrococcus. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
  • He proceeded in the main on the assumption that the forms of bacteria as met with and described by him are practically constant, at any rate within limits which are not wide: observing that a minute spherical micrococcus or a rod-like bacillus regularly produced similar micrococci and bacilli respectively, he based his classification on what may be considered the constancy of forms which he called species and genera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
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