BACTERIA

• Antibiotic targets

• Antiseptic targets

• Cause of fermentation

• Cheesemakers

• Coccus and tetanus

• Fermentation aids

• Germs

• One-celled microorganisms

• Some germs

• Some microbes

• Some parasites

• Some pathogens

• Some tiny rods and spheres

• Study of Louis Pasteur

• Useful microorganisms

• Often considered plants

• Taxonomy is difficult

• Important as pathogens and for biochemical properties

• Single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission