Learning Objectives for "Sizes, Shapes, and Arrangements of Bacteria"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1*. List the three basic shapes of bacteria.

2*. List and describe 5 different arrangements of cocci.

3. Define and give the abbreviation for the metric unit of length termed micrometer and state the average size of a coccus-shaped bacterium and a rod-shaped bacterium.

4. List and describe 2 different arrangements of bacilli.

5*. List and describe 3 different spiral forms of bacteria.

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.

Last updated: Feb., 2018
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