.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.
Coccus[edit] A coccus (plural cocci, from the Latin coccinus (scarlet) and derived from the Greek kokkos (berry)) is any microorganism (usually bacteria) whose overall shape is spherical or nearly spherical. Describing a bacterium as a coccus, or sphere, distinguishes it from bacillus, or rod.