Medusa writes,
<If I could bother to inquire......enteroccocus is a strep...when it
pleomorphizes into diploccocus does it still retain the same virul
properties..that is is it still an disease causing organism? Is the
diplococcus still gram positive ?>
Yes, diplococci can cause disease, and they are also gram positive (at
least the ones I saw were...think I'll hit Bergey's tomorrow at work!).
Infectionately,
Yersinia.
