Key Terms

Question 1

Bacillus

Answer 1

Any rod shaped microorganism

Question 2

Coccus

Answer 2

A type of bacteria that is spherical or ovoid in form

Question 3

diplobacilli

Answer 3

A double bacillus, two being linked end to end to each other

Question 4

diplococci

Answer 4

Any of various spherical bacteria appearing in pairs

Question 5

endospore

Answer 5

A thick-walled cell produced by a bacterium to enable it to survive unfavorable environmental conditions

Question 6

flagella

Answer 6

long, whiplike, filament-containing appendages that propel bacteria in liquid

Question 7

morphology

Answer 7

the study of the size, shape, and arrangements of microorganisms

Question 8

staphylococci

Answer 8

gram-positive, nonmotile bacteria that tend to aggregate in irregular, grapelike clusters

Question 9

streptobacilli

Answer 9

bacteria containing gram-negative rods hat form a chainlike colony

Question 10

streptococci

Answer 10

gram positive spherically shaped bacteria that occurs in chains