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What are the 4 major cell shapes and what do they look like?
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-cocci: spherical
-bacilli: rods -spirilla: helical rods -pleomorphic: variety of shapes such as in Corynebacterium |
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What are the two factors that determine spacial arrangement in cocci?
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-plane of cell division
-whether or not the daughter cells stay together |
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What are 4 spacial arrangements of Cocci?
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-diplocooci: Neisseria, Moraxella, S. pneumoniae, Staph sp
-chains: Strepto sp -tetrads: Micrococcus luteus -clusters: Staph sp. |
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What are 3 spatial arrangements of bacilli?
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-singles
-pairs -chains |
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What is the main difference between spirilla and spirochetes?
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-spirilla form rigid helical cells like Rhodospirillum
-spirochetes more flexible such as Treponema sp. and Borrelia sp. |
