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diplococcus
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dip·lo·coc·cus  (dpl-kks)
n. pl. dip·lo·coc·ci (-kks, -kk)
Any of various paired spherical bacteria, including those of the genus Diplococcus, some of which are pathogenic.
diplo·coccal (-kkl), diplo·coccic (-kksk, -kkk) adj.
diplococcus [ˌdɪpləʊˈkɒkəs]
n pl -cocci [-ˈkɒksaɪ]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any of various spherical Gram-positive bacteria that occur in pairs, esp any of the genus Diplococcus, such as D. pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia: family Lactobacillaceae
diplococcal , diplococcic [ˌdɪpləʊˈkɒksɪk -ˈkɒkɪk] adj
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Noun1.diplococcus - Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
bacteria, bacterium - (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
genus Diplococcus - a genus of bacteria
Diplococcus pneumoniae, pneumococcus - bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans


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Colonies resembling meningococci were identified by conventional tests, and oxidase-positive, gram-negative diplococci were frozen and stored in duplicate as putative meningococci at -70[degrees]C.
Social behavior and meningococcal carriage in British teenagers by Stuart, James M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
meningitidis isolated from blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); meningococcal antigen or DNA detected in cerebrospinal fluid by latex agglutination or polymerase chain reaction; or gram-negative diplococci detected in cerebrospinal fluid, blood, or skin biopsy.
Space-time cluster analysis of invasive meningococcal disease by Nagelkerke, Nico / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The next morning a chest x-ray shows infiltration in the right lower lung field, and the sputum culture shows gram-positive diplococci.
Adherence barriers to antimicrobial treatment guidelines in teaching ... by Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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