staphylococcus
What is the sphere shaped bacteria that grow in clumps or clusters?
Staphylococcus (staphyle means bunch of grapes)
Reply:All cocci are sphere shaped.
Staph grow in clumps.
Ergo, methinks Staphylococci be what you desire. Go! Be free!
Reply:Staphylcocci, and some Beta Hemolytic Streptococci, which aids in it's ability to destroy red blood cells. Bacilli are rod shaped, and some look like two rounded coffee beans stuck together. Anthrax is also sphere shaped. Many different baterium actually grow in clumps. Most bacteria that cause lethal Septicemia or Bacteremia, and those who cause Endocarditis grow in clumps and/or clusters.
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