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The bacteria with helically coiled shape are called
The bacteria with helically coiled shape are called
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The correct option is A Spirilla
- Rod-shaped or stick-shaped bacteria are called as bacilli. Examples of rod-shaped bacteria include E. coli, Salmonella, and Bacillus anthracis.
- Vibrio is a curved (coma-shaped) bacillus that causes cholera.
- Some bacteria are shaped like little balls called as cocci. Examples of bacteria with round cells include Staphylococcus.
- The bacteria which are twisted, helical, or spiral in shape and called spirilla. These twisted cells can be flexible (Treponema, which causes syphilis) or rigid corkscrew shape like Campylobacter (the bacterium that causes food-borne illness).
So, the correct answer is option A.
- Rod-shaped or stick-shaped bacteria are called as bacilli. Examples of rod-shaped bacteria include E. coli, Salmonella, and Bacillus anthracis.
- Vibrio is a curved (coma-shaped) bacillus that causes cholera.
- Some bacteria are shaped like little balls called as cocci. Examples of bacteria with round cells include Staphylococcus.
- The bacteria which are twisted, helical, or spiral in shape and called spirilla. These twisted cells can be flexible (Treponema, which causes syphilis) or rigid corkscrew shape like Campylobacter (the bacterium that causes food-borne illness).
So, the correct answer is option A.
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