NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -cocci. A coccus (plural cocci) is any bacterium or archaeon that has a spherical, ovoid, or generally round shape. It is one of the three distinct bacterial shapes, the other two being bacillus (rod-shaped) and spiral-shaped cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -coccus, plural Cocci, in microbiology, a spherical-shaped bacterium.

Detailed explanation-3: -The shape of bacteria is determined by their cell wall and can be very diverse. Even among genera with the suffix ‘cocci’, which are the focus of this review, different shapes exist. While staphylococci or Neisseria cells, for example, are truly round-shaped, streptococci, lactococci or enterococci have an ovoid shape.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cocci (spherical bacteria), Bacilli (rod-shaped bacteria), Spirilla (spiral or twisted bacteria), Vibrio(comma-shaped).