Question

You are observing a gram stain of rod-shaped microorganisms that are linked in a chain and stain purple. how would you describe these bacteria using the correct terminology for the cell shape and arrangement?

Answer 1

according to the question, the observed microorganism have the following characteristics:

1. rod shaped.

2. linked in a chain.

3. stains purple.

The rod shaped bacteria are referred as the bacilli. The bacteria, which are found linked in a chain are given a prefix strepto. The bacteria, which stain purple with the gram stains are called gram positive bacteria.

Hence, from the information, the possible microbe is gram positive Streptobacillus.