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micrococcus

/mahy-kruh-kok-uhs/US // ˌmaɪ krəˈkɒk əs //UK // (ˌmaɪkrəʊˈkɒkəs) //

微球菌,小球菌,微球藻,微细胞

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mi·cro·coc·ci [mahy-kruh-kok-sahy, -see]. /ˌmaɪ krəˈkɒk saɪ, -si/. Bacteriology.

    • : any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.

Examples

  • The bacteria were chiefly staphylococci, rarely the pneumococcus or the micrococcus catarrhalis.

  • Cocci exhibit this movement, but with the exception of the Micrococcus agilis, the cocci are non-motile.

  • This germ is closely related to Conn's micrococcus of bitter milk.

  • It is caused by minute bacteria (Micrococcus melitensis) and is a very infectious but not usually contagious disease.

  • A specific micro-organism, the Micrococcus melitensis, was discovered in 1887, and it was traced to the milk of the Maltese goats.

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