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Naming Bacteria:Bacteria are the smallest life forms on the planet. they are the first organsisms to have inhabited the planet. All bacteria are singled celled and lack a nucleus.
Bacteria are named vased upon their shape and how they are arranged. Bacteria have three basic shapes: round, rod, spiral. They arranged themselves in pairs, clumps, or chains. How they arranged themselves is the prefix(begining of the word), and their shape is the suffix(ending). EX: a bacteria that is round and in clumps would be called Staphlococcus, many clumps would be staphlococci. |