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  • n  spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
  • n  spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis

  • In a local veterinary hospital he infected dogs with streptococci and staphylococci, withdrew a large amount of blood from their veins, irradiated it under an ultraviolet lamp .
  • Infections of the sinus mem branes are caused by a number of bacteria, including the staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci.
  • One part of glycol in 2,000,000 parts of air wouldwithin a few secondskill concentrations of air-suspended pneumococci, streptococci and other bacteria numbering millions .

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