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Bacteria are prokaryotic, microscopic organisms whose single cells have neither a membrane-bounded nucleus nor other membrane-bounded organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts. The can be rod shaped (bacilli), spheres (cocci), or spiral shaped (spirochetes).

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They do not have a nucleus. Also lack membranous organelles

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