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    Bacteria come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are the smallest cellular microbes and are unicellular and prokaryotic. Their size ranges from 0.2 to 2 microns in diameter and 2 to 8 microns in length. Bacteria shapes include cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod-shaped), spirals (helical or coiling), and coccobacilli (intermediate between cocci and bacilli). Cocci can be arranged as diplococci, streptococci, staphylococci, or tetrads. Bacilli arrangements include single bacilli, diplobacilli, streptobacilli, or Chinese letter formations. Spirals

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    Bacteria come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are the smallest cellular microbes and are unicellular and prokaryotic. Their size ranges from 0.2 to 2 microns in diameter and 2 to 8 microns in length. Bacteria shapes include cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod-shaped), spirals (helical or coiling), and coccobacilli (intermediate between cocci and bacilli). Cocci can be arranged as diplococci, streptococci, staphylococci, or tetrads. Bacilli arrangements include single bacilli, diplobacilli, streptobacilli, or Chinese letter formations. Spirals

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    Neisseria Gonnorhoeae: Bacterial Morphology Bacteria

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    Bacteria come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are the smallest cellular microbes and are unicellular and prokaryotic. Their size ranges from 0.2 to 2 microns in diameter and 2 to 8 microns in length. Bacteria shapes include cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod-shaped), spirals (helical or coiling), and coccobacilli (intermediate between cocci and bacilli). Cocci can be arranged as diplococci, streptococci, staphylococci, or tetrads. Bacilli arrangements include single bacilli, diplobacilli, streptobacilli, or Chinese letter formations. Spirals

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    BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY

    BACTERIA
    - Smallest cellular microbe
    - Unicellular
    - Prokaryotic

    Size : 0.2 - 2 microns in diameter


    : 2 - 8 microns in length

    Shape: monomorphic - single shape


    : pleomorphic - more than 1 shape
    : cocci, bacilli, spirals

    Cocci
    - Greek "koccus" - spherical shaped
    a) Diplococci
    - cocci in pairs
    Ex. Streptococcus pneumoniae
    Neisseria gonnorhoeae
    b) Streptococci
    - Cocci in “chains”
    - Except Streptococcus pneumonia
    c) Staphylococci
    - “grape-like” clusters
    Ex. Staphylococcus spp.
    d) Tetrad
    - Cocci in FOURS
    e) Sarcinae
    - Cocci in cubical packets
    Ex. AIDS

    Bacilli
    - Rod shaped
    - Slender
    - Rectangular-like
    - Club-like
    Arrangements:
     Single bacillus
     Diplobacilli – bacilli in pairs
     Streptobacilli – bacilli in chains
     Chinese Letter Arrangement
    - cuneiform/ x, y, v, l
    - caused by snapping during cell division
     Palisade
    - "Picket Fence" / "Cigar packet"
    - side by side each other
    - slipping of cells during binary fission

    * Coccobacilli
    - intermediate between cocci & bacilli
    - short & stump bacilli
    Ex. E. coli

    Spirals
    - coiling / helical shape
    - comma shaped

    *Vibrio
    - Comma shaped
    - Still considered as bacilli
    ex: Vibrio cholera
    * Spirochete
    - Flexible helical/ coiling bacteria
    * Spirillum
    - Rigid helical bacteria
    - Shaped like corkscrew

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