(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus
(pejorative, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
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Anaerobic bacteria function in the absence of oxygen, where as aerobic bacteria require sunlight and also oxygen. Both these bacterias are capable of breaking down the organic matter [...]