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ovococci

ovococci is the plural of ovococcus.

Meaning of ovococcus

Noun

ovococcus (plural ovococci)

  1. An ellipsoid-shaped bacterium
    • The architecture in Gram-positive cocci and ovococci is largely uncharacterised, In this study, atomic force microscopy (AFM) of purified sacculi of three species of ovococcus was combined with biochemical analysis and super resolution fluorescence microscopy.2012, Richard Wheeler, Peptidoglycan architecture and dynamics in Gram-positive bacteria (thesis, University of Sheffield)

Questions about ovococci

What is ovococci the plural of?
Ovococci is the plural of ovococcus.

Words near ovococci in the dictionary

  1. ovochymase
  2. ovochymases
  3. ovocleidin
  4. ovocleidins
  5. ovococcal
  6. ovococci
  7. ovococcoid
  8. ovococcus
  9. ovocylindrical
  10. ovocyte
  11. ovocytes

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