Gonococcus is: (A) Extracellular gram positive, (B) Intracytoplasmic gram positive, (C) Intracytoplasmic gram negative, (D) Intranuclear gram positive
Answer is C. Gonococci is gram-negative, diplococci. Gonococci, in smears from the urethral discharge in acute gonorrhea, appears as diplococcus with adjacent sides concave being typically kidney-shaped. Found predominantly within the polymorphs, some cells containing as many as hundred cocci. Reference: Textbook of Microbiology; Anathanarayan and panicker's; 10th edition; Page no: 230