CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL STRUCTURE
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Question
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If a bacterial shape is described as being “strepto” smart patients know the bacteria is growing in a
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clump
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cluster
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chain
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A chain of rod-shaped bacteria or bacillus constitutes Streptobacillus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pairs of cocci are called diplococci; rows or chains of such cells are called streptococci; grapelike clusters of cells, staphylococci; packets of eight or more cells, sarcinae; and groups of four cells in a square arrangement, tetrads.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bacteria are classified into five groups according to their basic shapes: spherical (cocci), rod (bacilli), spiral (spirilla), comma (vibrios) or corkscrew (spirochaetes). They can exist as single cells, in pairs, chains or clusters.
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