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Overview of Bacterial Classification

Bacteria were first discovered in 1673 by Leeuven van Hock and named "little animal", later being called "Bacilli" in 1773 by a Danish scientist. Bacteria are microscopic, unicellular organisms that lack nuclei and organelles, and were some of the earliest forms of life. Bacteria can be classified based on their cellular morphology as bacilli (rod-shaped), cocci (spherical), spirillum (spiral), or filamentous.

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Overview of Bacterial Classification

Bacteria were first discovered in 1673 by Leeuven van Hock and named "little animal", later being called "Bacilli" in 1773 by a Danish scientist. Bacteria are microscopic, unicellular organisms that lack nuclei and organelles, and were some of the earliest forms of life. Bacteria can be classified based on their cellular morphology as bacilli (rod-shaped), cocci (spherical), spirillum (spiral), or filamentous.

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Bacteria

Discovery The bacteria were discovered by Leeuven van Hock in 1673. He named them little animal. In 1773 a Denish scientist Fredrick Muller naemed them Bacilli. In 1850s French biologist Casimir Bavanine named them Bacteria . Bacteria: The microscopic, unicellular, prokaryotic organism characterized by the lack of membrane bound nucleus and membrane bound organelles. The bacteria are the descendants of the earliest form of the life and are unicellular prokaryotes or simple, association od similar cell. Classification of Bacteria on the basis of Cellular morphology: The general appearance of an individual cell as seen under bright field compound the microscopic is known as cellular morphology. Bacilli As suggested by Muller, the rod is known as bacillus. In various species of rod shaped bacteria, the cylindrical may be as long as 20um or as short as 0.5um. Cocco A Spherically shaped bacterium is known as coccus, a term derived from greak kikkos, meaning, and berry. Cocci tend to be quite small being only 0.5um to 1.0um in diameter Coccus(spherical) Bacillus(rod like) Spirillum(spiral) Filamentous

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