BIO307: Microbiology

4.1: Characteristics of Microorganisms

• 4.1.1: Prokaryote Shapes

  • The Community College of Baltimore County: Gary E. Kaiser's "Sizes, Shapes, and Arrangements of Bacteria" URL

    Read this page. Click on every embedded hyperlink, and explore the linked contents. Finally, click on "Quiz Yourself on This Section" to test your knowledge.

• 4.1.2: Size of Microorganisms

  • Mike Kempf's "Microbes Defined by Size"

    Read this article, which provides some generalized information on the sizes of various microbes.
    

• 4.1.3: Morphological Characteristics

  • Beatrice Leung and Shijun Liu's "Interpreting Plates"

    Read this article on distinguishing between the different patterns of bacterial growth for cultures grown on plates.