Ames

Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotics

Antimicrobial Agent

Antimicrobial Drug Resistance

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST)

Bacillus

Bacteria

Bioburden

CFU

Chromogenic media

CLSI

Coccus

Conjugation

Endospore

Enteric Bacteria

EUCAST

Flagellum

Fungi

Gram Stain

Membrane filtration

MIC

Microbiology

Microorganism

Morphology

OPKA

Pathogen

Penicillins

Plasmid

SBA

Spirillum

Spirochaete

SRID – Single Radial Immunodiffusion

Sterility test

Vaccine

Vibrio

Virus

Definition of Coccus

Coccus - Any spherical bacterium.

Cocci may occur singularly, in pairs, in groups, in cubical packets, in grapelike clusters or in chains.

Cocci are generally non-motile and do not form spores.

The most prominent pathogenic species are Staphylococci and Streptococci.