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coccobacillus

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coccobacillus /coc·co·ba·cil·lus/ (kok?o-bah-sil´us) pl. coccobacil´li   an oval bacterial cell intermediate between the coccus and bacillus forms.coccobac´illary
coc·co·ba·cil·lus (kk-b-sls)
n. pl. coc·co·ba·cil·li (-sl)
A short, thick bacterial rod having the shape of an oval or slightly elongated coccus.
coccobacillus
an oval bacterial cell intermediate between the coccus and bacillus forms.
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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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