GONOCOCCUS 



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There is a member of this group infesting the deep layers of the 

 skin called Micro, epidermidis albus. It is of feeble pathogenic 

 power, but may delay the healing of surgical wounds. 



GONOCOCCUS 



Micrococcus Gonorrhoeas (Neisser). 



Diplococcus Gonorrhoea, commonly called the gonococcus (Fig. 41). 



FIG. 41. Gonococci and pus cells. X 1000. (MacNeal.) 



Morphology and Stains. The morphology of this organism is 

 peculiar and characteristic. Always found in pairs which are 

 cemented by an invisible substance. These pairs resemble coffee 

 beans with the concave sides opposite each other and slightly apart; 

 or kidneys placed with the hilums facing each other. 



In pus it is generally found within the protoplasm of the leuco- 

 cytes, about, though never within, the nuclei. It is non-motile; 

 has no flagella, or spores, and stains readily with all the basic stains; 

 but best with Loffler's blue. It is decolorized by Gram's stain. 



