MICROCOCCUS


Meaning of MICROCOCCUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmī-krō-ˈkä-kəs ]

noun

( plural mi·cro·coc·ci -ˈkäk-(ˌ)sī, -(ˌ)sē; -ˈkä-(ˌ)kī, -(ˌ)kē)

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1870

: a small spherical bacterium ; especially : any of a genus ( Micrococcus ) of gram-positive chiefly harmless bacteria that typically occur in irregular clusters

• mi·cro·coc·cal -ˈkä-kəl adjective

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