It is the bacterium that causes pneumonia.
In vitro, it inhibits the growth of Diplococcus pneumoniae and other bacteria and delays the deterioration of embryonic renal cells caused by a virus.
Pneumococcus is really Streptococcus Pneumoniae and it has a lancet shape and is often paired (which is why it's called a diplococcus, di=two).
The genus and species of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
Diplococcus, I believe.
"Diplococci" is plural; the singular form is "diplococcus." Diplococci are bacteria that typically occur in pairs.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
It is gonorrhea that is a diplococcus, not chlamydia.
No, Klebsiella pneumoniae is non-motile. No, Klebsiella pneumoniae is non-motile.
"Diplo" in diplococcus refers to the arrangement of the bacteria in pairs, where two cocci are joined together. "Coccus" indicates the spherical shape of the bacteria.
No, K. pneumoniae will not grow on Mannitol Salt Agar- gram negative organisms cannot grow on MSA, and K. pneumoniae is gram negative.
Droplet procedure