Biology:Coccobacillus
A coccobacillus (plural coccobacilli), or bacilluscocco, is a type of bacterium with a shape intermediate between cocci (spherical bacteria) and bacilli (rod-shaped bacteria). Coccobacilli, then, are very short rods which may be mistaken for cocci.[1]
Haemophilus influenzae, Gardnerella vaginalis, and Chlamydia trachomatis are coccobacilli. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative coccobacillus prevalent in subgingival plaques. Acinetobacter strains may grow on solid media as coccobacilli. Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative coccobacillus responsible for causing whooping cough. Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, is also coccobacillus.[2]
Coxiella burnetii is also a coccobacillus.[3] Bacteria from the genus Brucella are medically important coccobacilli that cause brucellosis. Haemophilus ducreyi, another medically important Gram-negative coccobacillus, is observed in sexually transmitted disease, chancroid, of Third World countries.[4]
References
- ↑ Tankeshwar, Acharya (April 11, 2016). "Gram-Negative Cocci and Coccobacilli of Medical Significance; List of Bacteria and Diseases". https://microbeonline.com/gram-negative-cocci-coccobacilli-medical-significance-list-bacteria-diseases/.
- ↑ Collins, Frank M. (1996). "Pasteurella, Yersinia, and Francisella". in Baron, Samuel. Medical microbiology (4 ed.). University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. ISBN 978-0-9631172-1-2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7798/.
- ↑ Walters, Sherry. "Q-fever (Coxiella burnetti) Zoonoses: An historical and persistent rickettsial disease". in Thacker, Leon. http://www.addl.purdue.edu/newsletters/2004/spring/qfever.htm.
- ↑ Schaechter, Moselio; DiRita, Victor J.; Dermody, Terence (2007). Schaechter, Moselio. ed. Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease (4 ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 666. ISBN 978-0-7817-5342-5. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Schaechter_s_Mechanisms_of_Microbial_Dis/1Zl70SLDU3oC?hl=en.
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