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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 [dip″lo-kok´us]
former name for a genus of bacteria of the tribe Streptococceae. D. pneumo´niae is now called Streptococcus pneumoniae.
diplococcus [dip″lo-kok´us] (pl. diplococ´�ci)
1. any of the spherical, lance-shaped, or coffee bean–shaped bacteria occurring usually in pairs as a result of incomplete separation after cell division in a single plane.
2. any organism of the genus Diplococcus.
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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For example, the presence of Gram-negative diplococci in a joint aspirate should alert the clinician to the possibility of gonococcal arthritis, and therapy should be adjusted to cover for that pathogen.
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Pneumococci are encapsulated, lancet-shaped, gram-positive diplococci.
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Gram stain of colony smears showed gram-negative diplococci and the API NH system (bioMdrieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) classified the bacterium as Neisseria gonorrhoeae (with a score of 87%).
Neisseria gonorrhoeae meningitis in pregnant adolescent by Martin, Maria C.; Perez, Francisco; Moreno, Alfonso; Moral, Alberto; Alvarez, Miguel A.; Mendez, Fra / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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