- A
diplococcus (plural diplococci) is a
round bacterium (a coccus) that
typically occurs in the form of two
joined cells.
Examples of gram-negative diplococci...
- is a fastidious, nonmotile, Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive
diplococcus that can
cause infections of the
respiratory system,
middle ear, eye...
- particular,
meningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis), a Gram-negative
diplococcus organism,
releases endotoxin when it lyses.
Endotoxin activates the Hageman...
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referred to as a
coccus because it is round, and more
specifically a
diplococcus because of its
tendency to form pairs.
About 10% of
adults are carriers...
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inhabitant found in the
human upper respiratory tract. It is a gram-negative
diplococcus. It
produces a
positive result of blue when put
through the
oxidase test...
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Sternberg and the
French chemist Louis Pasteur. The
organism was
termed Diplococcus pneumoniae from 1920
because of its
characteristic appearance in Gram-stained...
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possibility of
creating a vaccine.
Griffith used two
strains of
pneumococcus (
Diplococcus pneumoniae)
bacteria which infect mice – a type III-S (smooth) which...
- It has been
suggested that
Diplococcus be
merged into this article. (Discuss)
Proposed since December 2023....
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McDonnell M,
Ronda C,
Tomasz A (1975) "Diplophage": a
bacteriophage of
Diplococcus pneumoniae.
Virology 63:577–582 NCBI:
Streptococcus phage Dp-1 (species)...
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cocci (a
spherical bacterial cell)
divide into
diplococcus or
streptococcus arrangement. A
diplococcus is a pair of
cocci cells that can form chains,...
