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a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus

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Here we describe a case of a patient with a brain abscess culture of the abscess drainage material yielded a gram negative coccobacillus that was initially identified as Brucella spp.
parainfluenzae is a pleomorphic Gram-negative coccobacillus with fastidious growth requirements, which require enriched media, usually containing blood (e.
Acinetobacter baumannii is an aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile, lactose-negative, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive coccobacillus, and is a member of the Moraxellaceae family.
Mannheimia haemolytica is a weakly hemolytic, gram-negative coccobacillus that is an opportunistic pathogen of cattle, sheep and other ruminants.
27) Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative coccobacillus that is primarily transmitted to humans from rodents and rabbits.
Listeria monocytogenes is a very common intracellular Gram-positive coccobacillus occurring in the soil, and humans may be affected via the oral route from contaminated food.
Pasteurella multocida is a small gram-negative coccobacillus that exists as normal flora in the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts of animals, most commonly domestic and wild cats and dogs.
A foodborne pathogen associated with undercooked pork, Yersinia enterocolitica is a gram-negative coccobacillus causing appendicitis, ileitis, colitis, and mesenteric lymphadenitis (l).
Scrub typhus is a rickettsial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a small gram negative coccobacillus, which is an obligate intracellular parasite.
We isolated 4 strains of bacteria (Gram-rods, Gram + Coccobacillus, Gram + rods, Gram + Bacillus, identification according to Holt et al.
gingivalis is an anaerobic, non-motile, Gram negative coccobacillus, which is related to the start and progression of the chronic and aggressive periodontal disease; it can be considered one of the main etiologic agents of destructive periodontal disease (9,10), although it is a microorganism that has also been isolated in gingivitis and in healthy patients in low proportions.
A gram-negative, psychrotolerant coccobacillus is present in hemolymph of Cancer magister.
Brucellosis is a highly contagious, acute, subacute or chronic course zoonosis infection caused by coccobacillus, non-motile, non-spore-forming, gram negative Brucella group bacteria.
Suttonella indologenes, a gramnegative coccobacillus that was sensitive to ampicillin, cephalosporines, ciprofloxacin and resistant to imipenem and meropenem was isolated from all of the blood culture specimens.