Ovococcus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ovococcus is a noun meaning (microbiology) An ellipsoid-shaped bacterium.
Meaning
(microbiology) An ellipsoid-shaped bacterium.
Example Sentences
This review summarizes recent advances in understanding the mechanisms and regulation of peptidoglycan (PG) biosynthesis that result in ellipsoid-shaped, ovococcus Streptococcus cells.
The architecture in Gram-positive cocci and ovococci is largely uncharacterised, In this study, atomic force microscopy (AFM) of purified sacculi of three species of ovococcus was combined with biochemical analysis and super resolution fluorescence microscopy.
According to the authors of recent research from Bloomington, Indiana, “The connection between peptidoglycan remodeling and cell division is poorly understood in ellipsoid-shaped ovococcus bacteria, such as the human respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Word Forms
- ovococci
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