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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 bacteria that causes plague, is also coccobacillus.

Coxiella burnetii is also a coccobacillus.^[2] 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.^[3]

References

^ Tankeshwar, Acharya (April 11, 2016). "Gram-Negative Cocci and Coccobacilli of Medical Significance; List of Bacteria and Diseases".
^ "persistent rickettsial disease".
^ Schaetchter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease 4th Edition. ISBN 0-7817-5342-2

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[1] Tankeshwar, Acharya (April 11, 2016). "Gram-Negative Cocci and Coccobacilli of Medical Significance; List of Bacteria and Diseases".

[urlpersistent_rickettsial_disease-2] "persistent rickettsial disease".

[3] Schaetchter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease 4th Edition. ISBN 0-7817-5342-2

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+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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://microbeonline.com/gram-negative-cocci-coccobacilli-medical-significance-list-bacteria-diseases/|title=Gram-Negative Cocci and Coccobacilli of Medical Significance; List of Bacteria and Diseases|first=Acharya|last=Tankeshwar|date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>
 ''[[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 bacteria that causes [[plague (disease)| plague]], is also coccobacillus.