.healthyswimming.or. g. Protecting swimmers and their families from RWIs. is the reason that pool staff regularly check. both chlorine and pH levels. Chlorine and pH, your disinfection team, are the first defense. against germs that can make swimmers sick.
[kokâ²És] pl. cocci. Etymology: Gk, kokkos, berry. a bacterium that is round, spheric, or oval, such as gonococcus, pneumococcus, staphylococcus, and streptococcus. coccal, adj.
1. Coccus (def) The cocci are spherical or oval bacteria having one of several distinct arrangements (see Fig. 1) based on their planes of division. a. Division in one plane produces either a diplococcus or streptococcus arrangement. diplococcus: cocci arranged in pairs (see Fig.