Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Streptococcaceae — thestreptococcus bacteria .
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Examples
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Decades of experience and research had demonstrated that the main cause of everyday pneumonia—the kind that happens in a healthy person, not the kind that attacks an already-sick hospital patient—is a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae, usually just called Pneumococcus.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Decades of experience and research had demonstrated that the main cause of everyday pneumonia—the kind that happens in a healthy person, not the kind that attacks an already-sick hospital patient—is a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae, usually just called Pneumococcus.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Decades of experience and research had demonstrated that the main cause of everyday pneumonia—the kind that happens in a healthy person, not the kind that attacks an already-sick hospital patient—is a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae, usually just called Pneumococcus.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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In an experiment, he found that when he added alcohol to a medium supporting the growth of a bacterium called Streptococcus faecalis, further growth was inhibited.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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In an experiment, he found that when he added alcohol to a medium supporting the growth of a bacterium called Streptococcus faecalis, further growth was inhibited.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Prevnar protects against a type of bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae, or just pneumococcus, which causes several kinds of infections -- including pneumonia, meningitis and middle ear infections.
FOXNews.com 2011
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PCV helps prevent invasive disease caused by certain types of bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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PCV helps prevent invasive disease caused by certain types of bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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PCV helps prevent invasive disease caused by certain types of bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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PCV helps prevent invasive disease caused by certain types of bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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