NCIt definition : Any bacteria with a shape between that of a sphere and a rod that does not require
oxygen to grow or respirate and has a cell wall that contains low levels of peptidoglycan
and stains pink with the Gram staining technique.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that does not require oxygen to grow or respirate, and
is intermediate in morphology between a spherical-shaped coccus and a rod-shaped bacillus
that contains low levels of peptidoglycan in its cell wall and stains pink with the
Gram staining technique.;