.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.
Cocci bacteria are spherical in shape and include Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae, according to Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology. Gram-negative cocci bacteria include Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis.