Bacteria(monera) consist of organisms with prokaryotics cells. There are 3 majors domains ; bacteria,eukaryota and archaea.
Characteristics of bacteria
Bacteria can be define as
Shapes
Most bacteria comes into one of these 3 shapes :
Rod shaped= Bacillus
Bacteria can be define as
- Small size
- Ability to reproduce rapidly
- Most abundant and diversified organisms
- Diversity of habitats and modes of existence
Shapes
Most bacteria comes into one of these 3 shapes :
Rod shaped= Bacillus
Spherical=Coccus
Spiral=Spirillum
Some bacteria organized into groups :
Diplo= Pair= Diplococci
Diplo= Pair= Diplococci
Strepto= Chains= Streptococci
Staphylo= Cluster= Staphylococci