Question

How many different shapes of bacteria are there?
a. 1 shape
b. 2 shapes
c. 3 shapes
d. 4 shapes

Answer 1

what do you think?
which shapes do you know of?

Answer 2

idk

Answer 3

well there are a lot of shapes actually
but we can put them into 3 categories
and these are http://www.merckmanuals.com/media/home/figures/INF_bacteria_shapes.gif

Answer 4

but remember, there are way more shapes
http://www.microbiologyonline.org.uk/about-microbiology/introducing-microbes/bacteria

Answer 5

im still confuzed

Answer 6

hmm what exactly do you not get? tell me so that i can clarify it to u

Answer 7

every thaing

Answer 8

hmm
well look
there are a loooot of bacteria that exist among us

Answer 9

they are not the same
they look different
have different shapes or size
but there is ofc a very important similarity between all bacteria to CONSIDER them as bacteria
and that is - their DNA is naked in the cytoplasm, and also we see presence of plasmids - circular DNA molecules
these one one of the features that all bacteria share

Answer 10

now
thought they do share that very important similarity, they are different in shape or size or function or lifestyle kind of

Answer 11

its just like us Humans
our genetic composition is around 99% same, only difference is 1% - crazy right?
well guess what
this 1% makes ALL of us SO unique
so different
in shape
color
size
etc

Answer 12

so same is with bacteria
they have fundamental similarities among them
but they are still different in other aspects
and one of them are - shape

Answer 13

so there a lot of shapes bacteria have
but if we were to consider fundamental shapes
then there would be, rod-shape, spherical shape, and spiral shapes

Answer 14

does it make sense more or less?

Answer 15

The three most common bacterial cell shapes are :
1. cocci (spherical)
2. bacilli (rod-shaped)
3. spirilla (curved shape)

Answer 16

thanx

Answer 17

There are thousands of species of bacteria, but all of them are basically one of three different shapes. Some are rod- or stick-shaped and called bacilli (buh-sill-eye). Others are shaped like little balls and called cocci (cox-eye).