Question

While many people new to the field of microbiology like to use the terms rods and spheres, you prefer the correct terminology that is currently in use to describe the morphology of bacteria, which is also utilized in naming newly discovered species of bacteria. Shape designations for the cells are based on Latin or Greek description of the cellular shape and configurations. To aid anyone who will be reading this new introduction you are writing, you choose to develop a series of figures that will illustrate the multiple shapes and configurations that bacteria have evolved to use. Place the correct term next to the shape it denote

Answer 1

Answer: Find in the attached the shape of bacteria that is placed in its correct term as described below:

A( coccus), B (coccobacillus), C( bacillus),D( Vibrio), E(spirillum), F (spirochaetes) and G (Pleomorphic).

Explanation: Microbiology is the field of science that deals with the study of minute organisms in the environment with the aid of equipment like the microscope. These organisms includes the bacteria, fungi, virus and parasite. In Microbiology, instead of using common words to describe the shape of bacteria, the shape designations of bacteria cells are based on Latin or Greek descriptions. Thus, the different shapes with their common terms includes:

-Cocci ( also called spherical)

- bacilli( also called rods)

-spirochaetes( also known as corkscrew shape)

- vibrios( also known as comma shape)