Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ovococcus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ovo-coc-cus
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ellipsoid-shaped bacterium

Example Sentences

"The architecture in Gram-positive cocci and ovococci is largely uncharacterised, In this study, atomic force microscopy (AFM) of purified sacculi of three species of ovococcus was combined with biochemical analysis and super resolution fluorescence microscopy."
"According to the authors of recent research from Bloomington, Indiana, “The connection between peptidoglycan remodeling and cell division is poorly understood in ellipsoid-shaped ovococcus bacteria, such as the human respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae."
"This review summarizes recent advances in understanding the mechanisms and regulation of peptidoglycan (PG) biosynthesis that result in ellipsoid-shaped, ovococcus Streptococcus cells."

Etymology

From ovo- + -coccus; cf. ovoid (“oval; egg-shaped”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ovo
Suffix: coccus

Inflected Forms

ovococci (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ovococcal ovococcoid

Questions

What does ovococcus mean?: An ellipsoid-shaped bacterium
Where does ovococcus come from?: From ovo- + -coccus; cf. ovoid (“oval; egg-shaped”).

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