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diplococcus
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Diplococcus /Dip·lo·coc·cus/ (-kok´us) former name for a genus of bacteria of the tribe Streptococceae. D. pneumo´niae is now called Streptococcus pneumoniae.
diplococcus /dip·lo·coc·cus/ (-kok´us) pl. diplococ´ci  
1. any of the spherical, lanceolate, or coffee-bean–shaped bacteria occurring usually in pairs as a result of incomplete separation after cell division in a single plane.
2. an organism of the genus Diplococcus.
Dip·lo·coc·cus (dpl-kks)
n.
A genus of gram-positive anaerobic encapsulated fermenting bacteria having a somewhat elongated spherical shape.
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
[dip′lōkok′əs] pl, diplococci
Etymology: Gk, diploos, double, kokkos, berry
1  n, a member of the Coccaceae family that occurs in pairs because of incomplete cell division. Diplococci are often found as parasites or saprophytes.
2  adj, describing bacteria of the Coccaceae family, which occur as pairs of cocci. Examples include Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria gonorrheae, and N. meningitidis.
Diplococcus
former name for a genus of bacteria (tribe Streptococcaceae). The species have been assigned other names. See streptococcuspneumoniae.
diplococcus
pl. diplococci. Any of the spherical bacteria occurring usually in pairs as a result of incomplete separation after cell division in a single plane.


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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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