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The general classification of this type of bacterium is coccus.

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Coccus is spherical bacterial name.They are named with cell numbers like mono coccus,diplo coccus,strepto coccus etc

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cocci (coccus,pl.) are spiral bacteria.

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It could be Cocci or coccobacilli.

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What are the three types of bacterial shapes?

Coccus (plural cocci): circular or spherical Bacillus (plural bacilli): rod-shaped Spirillum (plural spirilla): spiral shaped, long and thin.


What is cocobaccili?

Cocobaccili are a description of a bacteria. A coccus bacteria is a circular shaped bacteria and a bacillus bacteria are rod shaped, so a cocobacilli are not quite round but not quite a rod either.


What is a single shaped bacteria?

Single spiral shaped bacteria form in clusters, called a mass. a spiral shaped bacteria is called a spirochetes


What is a single spiral shaped bacteria?

Single spiral shaped bacteria form in clusters, called a mass. a spiral shaped bacteria is called a spirochetes


What is the definition to rod shaped bacteria?

Bacilli (s. bacillus) are rod-shaped bacteria.


What bacteria is spiral - shape?

Single spiral shaped bacteria form in clusters, called a mass. a spiral shaped bacteria is called a spirochetes


What bacteria is curved or spiral shaped?

The "curly" or spiral shaped bacteria are called Spirochete.


What are sphere shaped bacteria called?

Spherically shaped bacteria are called coccus, or cocci (pl). An example would be Streptococcus.


What bacteria that are rob-shaped are called?

Bacillus.


When bacteria form in strings they are called?

If it's a string of circular bacteria it's a chain of cocci (spherical) bacteria.


What are rod-shaped bacteria?

The natural water sample contains at least two types of bacteria. Bacilli Bacteria are the rod-shaped bacteria.


What is a cork screw shaped bacteria called?

Spirochete