ascococcus

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

ascococcus (plural ascococci)

  1. (bacteriology) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.

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(See the entry for ascococcus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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