Bacteria
Also known as
- Bacterium
The Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a group of unicellular microorganism. Typically a few micrometre in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from sphere to rods and spirals. Bacteria are ubiquitous in every habitat on Earth, growing in soil, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste, seawater, and deep in the Earth's crust. There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water; in all, there are...
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