Bacteria | |
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Scannin electron micrograph o Escherichia coli rods | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria Woese, Kandler & Wheelis, 1990[1] |
Phyla[2] | |
Actinobacteria (heich-G+C)
Aquificae
Acidobacteria | |
Synonyms | |
Eubacteria Woese & Fox, 1977[3] |
Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a muckle domain or kinrick o prokaryotic microorganisms. teepically a few micrometres in lenth, bacteria hae a wide range o shapes, rangin frae spheres tae rods an spirals. Bacteria inhabit sile, watter, acidic het springs, radioactive waste,[4] an the deep portions o Yird's crust. Bacteria an aa live in plants, ainimals (see symbiosis), an hae flourished in manned space vehicles.[5]