Micrococcus (mikrokokus)

[NL., ly colored cells, either formed by transverse division into filaments of two or several chaplet-like articulations, or united in families, or segregated in gelatinous ma es, all destitute of spontaneous movement but exhibiting a simple molecular tremor. Its species are divided into three physiological groups chromo genes, producing coloring matter, as in "red milk" ( M. prod i gios us, figured under microbe), or "golden yellow" (M. lute us); zymo genes, producing various fermentations, as in animal and vegetable infusions (M. crepusculum ) Micrococcus of Diphtheria. 2. [1. c.; pl. micrococci (-sī).] Any member of this genus. By the specific term micrococcus is understood a minute spherical or slightly oval organism (Sphærobacterium, Cohn), that like other bacteria divides by fi ion (Schizomycetes), and that does not po e any special organ, cilium or flagellum, by using which it would be capable of moving freely about. E. Klein , Micro-Organisms and Disease, p. 37. Micro coleoptera (mi-kro-kō-le-op'te-rä), n. pl. [NL., q. v.] In entom., the smaller kinds of beetles collectively considered. micro conidium (mikro-kō-nid'i-um), n.; pl. micro conidia (-a). [NL., Micro conidia [of Hypomyces ] or conidia proper very copious. Cooke, Handbook Brit. Fungi, p. 776.