Multiple Choice
Bacterial cells could have any of the following appendages except:
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1. Introduction to Microbiology
Members of the Bacterial World
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Which term is NOT used to describe bacterial cell shapes?
A
Spirillum
B
Mycelium
C
Coccus
D
Bacillus
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Step 1: Understand the common bacterial cell shapes. The main shapes used to describe bacteria are 'Coccus' (spherical), 'Bacillus' (rod-shaped), and 'Spirillum' (spiral-shaped).
Step 2: Recognize that 'Mycelium' is a term typically used to describe the filamentous network of fungal hyphae, not bacterial cell shapes.
Step 3: Compare each option to the known bacterial shapes: 'Coccus', 'Bacillus', and 'Spirillum' are all valid bacterial shapes, while 'Mycelium' is not.
Step 4: Conclude that the term 'Mycelium' is the one NOT used to describe bacterial cell shapes.
Step 5: Remember that bacterial morphology terminology is specific and distinct from fungal structures, which helps avoid confusion between terms like 'Mycelium' and bacterial shapes.
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