.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.
Historical Examples. 1  Nearly all cocci are immotile, while the bacilli may or may not be. 2  By this orifice the cocci are enabled to escape from the detached scales. 3  As a result there may be a variety of cell groupings among the cocci. 4  A genus of schizomycetes in which the cocci are arranged in strings or in chains.