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WHAT IS BACTERIA?

  • bacteria is a simple organism,
  • bacteria is single-celled organism=unicellular organism
  • bacteria was called as prokaryotes because it genetic material is not enclosed by special nuclear membrane.
  • there is 3 common shapes of bacteria; bacillus(rodlike), coccus (spherical) and spiral(corkscrew).
  • there is 3 groupings of bacteria; pairs, chains and clusters.
  • they reproduce by binary fission (dividing into 2 equal cells)
  • enclosed by cell walls that was peptidoglycan (composed of carbohydrate and protein complex)
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