Micrococ'cus

[G. mikros, small, kokkos, berry.] A cells without flagella which division occurs in two planes; the term, as commonly employed, denotes any coccus or spherical schizomycete. M. ac'idi lac'tic i, a species sometimes found in milk, causing lactic-acid fermentation. M. aerog'enes, a gas-forming coccus in the intestinal canal. M. capri'nus, a microorganism supposed to be the cause of tecosis in goats. M. catarrh a'- lis, a large spherical or ovoid, paired (diplococcus), non-motile, gram-negative organism, occurring in superficial inflammations of the mucous membrane, and believed to be one of the causes of acute coryza. M. endocardit'idis ruga'tus, a species, presumably pathogenic, found in cases of tdceratlve endocarditis. M. foet'idus, a species found in carious teeth and in certain cases of fetid pharyngitis. M. ging i'vse pyog'enes, a species of non-motile diplococci (sometimes Single) found in cases of alveolar absce . M, gonorrhce'se, gonoccocus, a coffee-bean shaped, non-motile, gram-negative coccus, occurring in pairs with the ilat surfaces apposed; the specific cause of gonorrhea. M. intracellula'Tis menlnglt'ldis, meningococcus, Diplococcus intracellular is mening it i dis. M. leucochromag'enes, a bacterium found among the intestinal flora of residents in the tropics. M. loewenberg'ii, a probably pathogenic species found in certain cases of ozena. M. meliten's is, a non-motile, gram-negative organism discovered by Bruce in 1887, the specific cause of Malta* fever. M. neofor'mans, a diplococcus claimed by Doyen to be pathogenic for cancer. M. oxycyanog'- enes, an intestinal bacterium producing a blue pigment through absorption of oxygen, found in residents of the tropics. M. para mel i ten's is, an organism resembling M. mel i tens is, and po ibly only a strain of this, said to cause para-undulant fever. M. paratetrag'enus, a coccus of variable size, often present in the nasal cavities.