REWIND! Bacteria, by Sir George Newman, Part 1 (Remastered)
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The Cocus
A simple round cell of approximately the size already named is termed a micrococcus. Certain species of micrococci always or almost always occur in pairs, and such a combination is termed a diplococcus. Some diplococci are united by a thin capsule, which may be made apparent by special methods of staining. Of others, no limiting or uniting membrane can be seen with the ordinary high powers of the microscope. For it ignores all the higher and complicated functions of bacteria, but it is practically convenient.
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