diplococci

N. meningitis is a Gram-negative, diplococci bacteria.

eHow - Health How To's 2010

Yesterday, the Health Ministry confirmed that the trainees at the academy were infected with bacterial meningitis caused by the gram-negative diplococci bacteria, which spreads through coughing or sneezing within a one-metre radius of an infected person.

Flu Wiki Forum - Front Page 2009

A presumptive diagnosis can be made by finding gram-negative kidney-bean shaped diplococci within neutrophils in a urethral discharge.

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-- Types of bacteria -- cocci: 1, Diagram of sphere indicating planes of fission; 2, diplococci; 3, streptococci; 4, tetrads; 5, sarcinæ; 6, staphylococci.] _Sarcinæ_, where division takes place in three planes successively, and the individuals remain attached in cubical packets of eight and its multiples.

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