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coccobacillus

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coc·co·ba·cil·lus  (kk-b-sls)
n. pl. coc·co·ba·cil·li (-sl)
A bacillus that is short and oval in shape.
[cocc(us) + bacillus.]
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Noun1.coccobacillus - a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus
Brucella - an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella


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To the Editor: Moraxella osloensis is an aerobic, gram-negative, lactose-nonfermenting coccobacillus.
Neonatal Moraxella osloensis ophthalmia by Wald, Ellen / Emerging Infectious Diseases
7 mm), aerobic, gram-negative coccobacillus that exists in vivo as a facultative intracellular pathogen.
Glandular tularemia in a Native American child by Adams, Brent / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
In 2 published outbreaks, the Brucella isolate resisted decoloration and appeared as a gram-positive or gram-variable coccobacillus and thus was misidentified as micrococcus or a coryneform bacillus (14,29).
Laboratory exposures to brucellae and implications for bioterrorism by Baron, Ellen Jo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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