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What does gram positive cocci in pairs and chains 4 plus indicate?
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Colony description of Enterococcus faecalis?
Enterococcus faecalis: An infection-causing bacteria that's resistant to many antibiotics.
What shapes can bacteria be?
Shape: Bacteria have three main shapes, they can be cocci (round), bacillus (rod-like), spirochete (helical or spiral). They can also be club shaped, and vibrio shaped (like a crescent moon or curved rod). Cocci can be in singles, clumps, pairs, tetrads (four), and chains. Bacillus can be in singles, pairs, and chains. Size: Bacteria can be anywhere between 5 and 0.5 µm. Structure: Cells with a protein base wall, no central nucleus (instead having a central circular chromosome), and no membrane-bound organelles. They can have flagellum for motility.
Nucleotide chains of DNA are held together by?
The two nucleotide chains of DNA are held together by hydrogen bonding between the complimentary nitrogen bases.
What does the term Bacillus refer to?
The term Bacillus refers to round bacteria growing in pairs.
What is the difference between positive strand and negative strand viruses?
A positive strand virus is immediately contagious. A negative strand virus has to create proteins to convert into a positive strand virus. it is not contagious until it becomes a positive strand.
Are Moraxella cocci?
No, Moraxella are short rods that occur in pairs.
Is streptococcus pyogenes gram or gram?
i think is gram + It is gram positive, usually occurring in chains and pairs of gram positive cocci. It is also a beta hemolytic organism, meaning it will completely lyse RBC's in a zone around individual colonies. If you are using a Mannitol Salt agar medium, in this zone then it will be transparent.
Colony description of Enterococcus faecalis?
Enterococcus faecalis: An infection-causing bacteria that's resistant to many antibiotics.
What is Cocci bacilli spirilla flagella?
Baccillus [plural. bacilli], Coccus [plural. cocci], and Spirillum [plural. spirilla] are three different shapes of bacteria [singular. bacterium]. A rod-shaped bacterium is called a baccillus. A spiral shaped bacterium is called a spirillum. Spirillum only live as single cells. A round bacterium is called a coccus. Some coccus form pairs and chains while others grow in grape like bunches. Some bacilli also form pairs or chains but they do not grow in bunches. Flagellum [plural. flagella] are hair like structures that allow the bacteria to move in liquids.
Is Haemophilus Influenza found alone in pairs chains or clusters?
singular or in short chains.
Is streptococcus round and small or long and skinny?
Streptococcus is a gram-positive bacteria which is spherical and grow in chains or pairs. They can cause pink eye and meningitis, among other things.
What is the medical term for berry shaped bacteria in twisted chains?
Staphylococci (singular staphylococcus) are berry-shaped bacteria found in clusters. "Coccus" is the general term for spherical bacteria. "Staphylo-" comes from the Greek word for grapes, and indicates the clusters of bacteria found in typical colonies.
What shapes can bacteria be?
Shape: Bacteria have three main shapes, they can be cocci (round), bacillus (rod-like), spirochete (helical or spiral). They can also be club shaped, and vibrio shaped (like a crescent moon or curved rod). Cocci can be in singles, clumps, pairs, tetrads (four), and chains. Bacillus can be in singles, pairs, and chains. Size: Bacteria can be anywhere between 5 and 0.5 µm. Structure: Cells with a protein base wall, no central nucleus (instead having a central circular chromosome), and no membrane-bound organelles. They can have flagellum for motility.
The word strepto when placed in front of a bacterium name must mean?
It means it's arranged in pairs or chains
What is cell arrangement of klebsiella pneumonia?
single, pairs or short chains
What is the morphology of moraxella catarrhalis?
Moraxella are short rods that occur in pairs.
What does strepto mean when placed in front of a bacterium?
It means it's arranged in pairs or chains
