different between coccus vs enterococcus

coccus

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kókkos, grain, seed)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?k??k?s]

Noun

coccus (plural cocci)

  1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
  2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.

Derived terms

  • -coccus
  • -cocci

See also

  • Oxycoccus

Translations

coccus From the web:

  • what coccus mean
  • what is coccus bacteria
  • what does coccus look like
  • what does cocci cause
  • what causes cocci
  • what is coccus bacillus and spirillum
  • what is coccus scarlet material
  • what is cocci in biology


enterococcus

English

Etymology

From entero- +? -coccus.

Noun

enterococcus (plural enterococci)

Wikispecies

  1. (bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics

Derived terms

  • enterococcal
  • VRE

Related terms

  • coccus

Translations

enterococcus From the web:

  • what's enterococcus faecalis
  • enterococcus what it does
  • what is enterococcus faecium
  • what is enterococcus bacteria
  • what is enterococcus species
  • what is enterococcus infection
  • what is enterococcus spp
  • what covers enterococcus
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