Question

What are interesting facts about Bacilli, Spirilla and Cocci?

Answer 1

Bacilli:

1. Bacillus (Latin for "stick") bacteria are Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria that belong to the class Firmicutes and have 266 recognised species.
2. Bacilli is the plural of the name of the class of bacteria to which this genus belongs, and it is also used to describe the morphology (rod) of certain bacteria.

Spirilla:

1. The only two Spirillum species having officially or successfully published names are Spirillum winogradskyi and Spirillum volutans.
2. Spirillum is a Gram-negative bacterium of the Spirillaceae family that belongs to the Nitrosomonadales of the Betaproteobacteria.

Cocci:

1. Cocci-formed Bacteria alludes to Coccus. The word coccus is derived from the Greek word Berry.
2. They are spherical, ovoid, for the most part round moulded bacterium.
3. Cocci might be pathogenic, commensal, or cooperative while dwelling in their host creature.
4. Numerous cocci-formed microorganisms need flagella and they are non-motile.