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Vadim26 [7]
4 years ago
12

Other than shape, what characteristics are used to identify the various bacterial species?

Biology
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Naddika [18.5K]4 years ago
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Answer:

Explanation:

One major characteristic used to identify bacterial species is by Gram staining. This makes bacteria to be classified into two broad classes; Gram positive bacteria (appear purple after stain) and Gram negative bacteria (appear pink after stain).

Another characteristic used is the presence or absence of capsule.

Other characteristics include there motility (which can be due to the presence of flagella), bonding tendency (which can be individually or in pairs) and also pathogenic bacteria can be classified as intracellular or extracellular bacteria.

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