Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134477206
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Prokaryotes widely exist in three different shapes includes spherical (cocci), rod (bacilli), and spiral shape (spirochetes). An example for a spherical shaped bacterium is Staphylococcus sp. Staphylococcus is a gram-positive cocci structured as grape-like clusters. If viewed under a microscope, these bacteria appear as round and are clustered together.

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