Bacteria are classified by their shape. The three shapes are:
- round (cocci)
- rods (bacillus)
- spiral (spirochete)
| How are bacteria classified? | Bacteria are classified by their shape. The three shapes are:
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| What do the cocci look like? |
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| What do the bacilli look like? |
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| What do the spirochetes look like? |
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| photos from http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Labs/Microscope/Bacterial_Morphology.htm |