cocci
Round bacterial cells
Cocci is the plural of coccus, a type of spherical bacterium.
The term appears in medical and biological contexts, often in compound forms describing bacterial shapes and arrangements: streptococci (chains), staphylococci (clusters), diplococci (pairs).
The lab identified gram-positive cocci in the blood sample.
Globe-like in form
- roundCurved like circle
- tetradsGroups of four units
- pairsMatched sets of two
- chainsLinked metal restraints
clusters · aggregation · arrangement · globular · microscopy · binary fission · ovoid · colonies
Infected, inflamed lung tissue
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- endocarditisInflamed inner heart lining
- cellulitisSubcutaneous bacterial infection
osteomyelitis · impetigo · pharyngitis · abscess · toxic shock syndrome · scarlet fever · rheumatic fever · erysipelas
Spherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- pneumococcusBacteria causing lung infection
- prokaryoteCell without nuclear membrane
- cell wallRigid cellular outer layer
commensal · microbiota · microflora · planktonic · biofilm · capsule · facultative · aerobic
Collective social practices
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
- hemolysisRed blood cell destruction
- antibiotic resistanceMicrobes surviving intended killers
- MRSADrug-resistant staph infection
identification · isolation · incubation · inoculation · streak plate · broth · turbidity
Organism's total hereditary material
- plasmidSelf-replicating DNA circle
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- transformationThorough change in form
- transductionSignal or energy transformation
mutation · gene expression · operon · CRISPR · sequencing · genotype · phenotype · recombination
spherical
Globe-like in form
chains · clusters · aggregation · arrangement · globular · microscopy · binary fission · ovoid · colonies · culture
pneumonia
Infected, inflamed lung tissue
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- endocarditisInflamed inner heart lining
cellulitis · osteomyelitis · impetigo · pharyngitis · abscess · toxic shock syndrome · scarlet fever · rheumatic fever · erysipelas · sinusitis
staphylococcus
Spherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- pneumococcusBacteria causing lung infection
- prokaryoteCell without nuclear membrane
cell wall · commensal · microbiota · microflora · planktonic · biofilm · capsule · facultative · aerobic · anaerobic
culture
Collective social practices
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
- hemolysisRed blood cell destruction
- antibiotic resistanceMicrobes surviving intended killers
MRSA · identification · isolation · incubation · inoculation · streak plate · broth · turbidity
genome
Organism's total hereditary material
- plasmidSelf-replicating DNA circle
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- transformationThorough change in form
transduction · mutation · gene expression · operon · CRISPR · sequencing · genotype · phenotype · recombination · replication
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- bacteriaE. coli, Clostridium, Salmonella, salmonella, Pseudomonas
- Microbesbacteria, bacterium, virus, mold, prokaryote
- microorganismsamoeba, paramecium, amoebae, euglena, amoebas
- schizocarpssamara, maple key
- Gram Stainiodine, mordant, decolorizer, counterstain, iodine solution