answersLogoWhite

0

coccus

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What isA sperical or nearly spherical bacterium?

coccus


What shape is a coccus bacterium?

A coccus bacterium is typically spherical in shape. It can also occur in the form of ovoid or elongated shapes depending on the species.


What are the three possible shapes of a bacterium?

spherical,rod shaped, or swurly


A chain of spherical bacterial cells is called?

An individual spherical bacterium is a coccus, and when you have a chain of them, it is referred to as streptococcus.


What term refer to the shape of a bacterium?

The term that refers to the shape of a bacterium is "morphology." Bacteria can have various shapes such as cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod-shaped), spirilla (spiral-shaped), or vibrio (curved rod-shaped). The shape of a bacterium can provide clues about its characteristics and behavior.


What is the correct meaning for suffix of coccus?

The suffix "-coccus" means a spherical bacterium. In biological terminology, it is used to indicate that the organism is spherical in shape.


What kinds bacteria are spherical?

cocci


What is the most spherical object in the universe?

The most spherical object in the universe is believed to be the star Kepler 11145123, which is nearly perfect in its spherical shape.


Does bacteria have genetic information?

The genetic information of a bacterium is found in a DNA loop of the cytoplasm. Bacterium is a single-celled organism, and it is classified according to its shape, such as spherical or spiral.


Did all planet have spherical shape?

Nearly spherical, with some polar flattening for the large gas giants which spin quickly.


Does enterococcus faecalis sometimes show gram - and is it a coccobacillus?

Enterococcus faecalis is a gram-positive bacterium, meaning it retains the crystal violet stain in the Gram stain procedure. It is a coccus (spherical) bacterium, not a coccobacillus which is an ovoid or short rod-shaped bacterium.


What scientific term is used to denote round shape?

The scientific term cocci is used to denote any spherical or nearly spherical shaped bacteria. The plural of cocci is coccus.