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gonococcus

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gon·o·coc·cus  (gn-kks)
n. pl. gon·o·coc·ci (-kks, -kk)
The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent of gonorrhea.
gono·coccal (-kkl), gono·coccic (-kkk, -kksk) adj.
gonococcus [ˌgɒnəʊˈkɒkəs]
n pl -cocci [-ˈkɒksaɪ]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) a spherical Gram-negative bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, that causes gonorrhoea: family Neisseriaceae
gonococcal , gonococcic adj
gonococcoid  adj
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Noun1.gonococcus - the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrheagonococcus - the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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
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There is only a report of naturally occurring gonococci expressing a hybrid porB1a/porB1b (7) (PorBla and PorBlb gonococcus porins, as in meningococci, are encoded by 2 families of diverged alleles of the porB gene [8]).
PorB2/3 protein hybrid in Neisseria meningitidis by Abad, Raquel; Enriquez, Rocio; Salcedo, Celia; Vazquez, Julio A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
4) In the 38 reviewed cases in which no pulmonic valvular abnormality was noted before infection, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common microorganism recovered from blood cultures (44%), followed by streptococci (13%), Streptococcus bovis (5%), gonococcus (5%), pseudomonas (5%), E.
Pulmonic valve endocarditis. (Case Report) by Islam, Najmul / Southern Medical Journal
I still can't tell my labiates from my nippleworts and I keep mixing up my spermatophytes with my gonococcus.
Victor Lewis-Smith Column: Watch out! It's Sweeney Plod; CHASE COPS' ... by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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