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GK QUESTION#3921

Identify a spiral-shaped bacteria

  1. ABacillus
  2. BSpirillumCorrect answer
  3. CCoccus
  4. DVibrio
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B. Spirillum

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Spirillum denotes a rigid spiral bacterial form. Bacillus denotes a rod, coccus a sphere and vibrio a curved or comma-like form in the basic shape classification. These shape terms are not interchangeable with every similarly shaped species' genus.

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