(A) Singles and short chain.
(B) Long, thin.
Reproduced with permission from: Marler LM, Siders JA, Allen SD. Direct Smear Atlas: A Monograph of Gram-Stained Preparations of Clinical Specimens. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2001. Copyright © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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