a resistant to many antibiotics to which gram positive bacteria are susceptible
             - Capsule - gelatinous layer surrounding cell
             - Bacilli - straight, rod-shaped bacteria
             - Spirilla - spirally coiled bacteria
             - Spores - single-celled bodies that grow into new bacterial individuals
             - Some bacteria change into stalked structures, grow long, branched filaments or form erect structures that release spores
             - Bacterial cells have simple structures
             - 2 kinds of cell walls - gram negative/positive
             - Cytoplasm of a bacterium contain no internal compartments/organelles & is bound by a membrane encased w/i a cell wall composed of 1/more polysaccharides
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