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Diplococcus
A
diplococcus
(plural
diplococci
) is a round
bacterium
(a
coccus
) that typically occurs in the form of two joined cells. Examples of
gram-negative
diplococci are
Neisseria
sp.
,
Haemophilus
,
Moraxella catarrhalis
,
Acinetobacter
, and
Brucella
. Examples of
gram-positive
diplococci would be
Streptococcus pneumoniae
and
enterococcus
.
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