Cell Morphology ( Definitions and terms)

Question 1

Cocci

Answer 1

any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium

Question 2

Diplococci

Answer 2

a bacterium that occurs as pairs of cocci

Question 3

Strepcocci

Answer 3

A group of bacteria that causes a multitude of diseases

Question 4

Tetrads

Answer 4

is a genus of Gram-positive cocci bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae

Question 5

Staphylococci

Answer 5

a bacterium of a genus that includes many pathogenic kinds that cause pus formation, especially in the skin and mucous membranes

Question 6

Bacilli

Answer 6

a rod-shaped bacterium, a disease-causing bacterium

Question 7

Streptobacilli

Answer 7

a genus of aerobic, gram-negative facultative anaerobe bacteria, which grow in culture as rods in chains

Question 8

Spirochetes

Answer 8

a flexible spirally twisted bacterium, especially one that causes syphilis

Question 9

Vibrios

Answer 9

a waterborne bacterium of a group that includes some pathogenic kinds that cause cholera, gastroenteritis, and septicemia

Question 10

Coccobacilli

Answer 10

a type of bacterium with a shape intermediate between cocci (spherical bacteria) and bacilli (rod-shaped bacteria)