- Source: Coccoid
Coccoid means shaped like or resembling a coccus, that is, spherical.The noun coccoid or coccoids may refer to:
a level of organization, characterized by unicellular, non-flagellated, non-amoeboid organisms, with a definite shape, in general but not always ovoid. It is found in many groups, e.g.:
some bacteria, also called cocci (pl. of coccus)
some green algae, like the desmids and the former Chlorococcales (now in several orders within the division Chlorophyta)
some dinoflagellates, notably Symbiodinium
some chrysophytes
some xanthophytes
the diatoms
the superfamily Coccoidea of scale insects
the Coccidae family within the Coccoidea
See also
Coccolite, a form of the mineral diopside
Coccolithophore, a class of phytoplankton (alga)
Coccolith, a platelet formed by coccolithophore, found in chalk
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bakteri
- Mycoplasma
- Helicobacter pylori
- Thermococcus
- Metanogen
- Listeria
- El Tatio
- Coccoid
- Bacterial cellular morphologies
- Pap test
- Mycoplasma
- Blight
- Lichen
- Chlorophyta
- Green algae
- Symbiodinium
- Microorganism
