1 l smears showing gram-negative intracellular diplococci (67% vs. 95%, P<.01), and thus more often was

2 ecovered for an average of 8 to 10 days, and diplococci and chlamydial inclusions were observed in lo

3 Viability staining revealed groups of viable diplococci, as well as viable and nonviable host cells,

4 Neisseria species are gram-negative cocci or diplococci; currently, N. elongata is the only species o

5 g 4 to 6 h of incubation, adherent mono- and diplococci formed microcolonies on the surfaces of the c

6                                Gram-negative diplococci growing on modified Thayer-Martin medium were

7 nificantly less likely to have gram-negative diplococci seen on microscopic examination of urethral d

8 n occurred in over 80% of infected mice, and diplococci were associated with epithelial cells and neu