SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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spiral
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bacteriophage
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spherical
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rod
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Detailed explanation-1: -coccus, plural Cocci, in microbiology, a spherical-shaped bacterium.
Detailed explanation-2: -Streptococci are facultative anaerobic organisms or obligate anaerobes that are spherical or ovoid and found in pairs or chains.
Detailed explanation-3: -The two main groups of bacteria are cocci (spherical-shaped) and bacilli (rod-shaped) (Brooker 2008).
Detailed explanation-4: -streptococcus, (genus Streptococcus), group of spheroidal bacteria belonging to the family Streptococcaceae. The term streptococcus (“twisted berry”) refers to the bacteria’s characteristic grouping in chains that resemble a string of beads.
Detailed explanation-5: -Streptococcus pneumoniae are lancet-shaped, gram-positive, facultative anaerobic bacteria with more than 100 known serotypes.