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What do the prefixes diplo strepto and staphylo relate to when dealing with bacteria?
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Bacteria often grow in characteristic patterns or grouping.
· Prefix diplo- cell arranged in pairs
· Prefix staphylo- cells arranged in clusters
· Prefix strepto- refers to bacteria arrange in chains
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What does strepto from streptococcus mean?
Many bacteria are named because of their shape. "Strepto" means curved or twisted.
Prefix found in bacteria that grow as chains?
I believe that prefix is strepto. Streptococcus, for example.
What do the terms strepto mean?
Its referring to a specific strain of bacteria.
What are the three different growth patterns of bacteria?
Diplo- is a prefix that refers to a paired arrangement of cell growth. The prefix Staphylo- describes an arrangement of cells that resemble grapes. Strepto- is a prefix that refers to an arrangement of chains of cells. ( hope this helps)
What does streptococcus have?
It is a string (strepto-) of very small ball-like (-coccus) bacteria.
What is strepto?
a bacterium of a genus that includes the agents of souring of milk and dental decay, and hemolytic pathogens causing various infections such as scarlet fever and pneumonia
Is streptococcus single celled?
Yes; all bacteria (with the exception of a few at certain life cycle stages) are single-celled. Strepto- refers to the chain-like arrangement of the cells when there are several present (as opposed to staphylo- which would be a bunching of them like grapes). -coccus refers to the shape, which is golbular and round (as opposed to bacillus, which are rod-shaped).
How did streptococcus get its name?
strepto - means lines coccus - means spherical all bacteria are named due to their appearance
What is a chain of bacteria that is a rod shaped called?
They would be in the Bacillus genus but more testing would have to be done to determine species.
The name streptococcus tells you that the bacteria are arranged as what?
Strepto is arranged in long chains and Coccus looks like spheres so it is a long chain of spheres.
What are examples of bacteria?
Are you asking for a few examples of species (E. coli, B. thurengiensis are a few) or are you asking for forms (bacillus, cocci, sparillum)? If it's the forms (shapes) then you can also define by arrangement such as staphylo- or strepto- . An example of a bacterial disease is tetanus cough. One other example is whooping cough. One of the most common examples of bacteria is E. coli. This bacterium has long been recognized as the "average" bacterium, and is used as a baseline in many genetic engineering experiments. Some other examples of bacteria include: streptococcus and Lactobacillus (bacteria used to make yogurt).
Are some organisms only made of one cell?
Yes. Bacteria for one are one celled. Sometimes they make strings of indivivdual cells (strepto-) or clusters of two (diplo-) or more.
