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For the insect, see cochineal.

Staphylococcus bacteria

Cocci is one of the three types of shapes of bacterias: cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod-shaped), and spirella, (spiral-shaped)

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Pathogenic bacteria

Bacterial disease · Coley's Toxins · Exotoxin · Lysogenic cycle

Human flora

Gut flora · Skin flora · Vaginal flora

Substrate preference

Lipophilic · Saccharophilic

Oxygen preference

Aerobic (Obligate) · Anaerobic (Facultative, Obligate) · Microaerophile · Nanaerobe · Aerotolerant

Structures

Cell envelope	Cell membrane Cell wall: Peptidoglycan (NAM, NAG, DAP) Gram-positive bacteria only: Teichoic acid · Lipoteichoic acid · Endospore Gram-negative bacteria only: Bacterial outer membrane (Porin, Lipopolysaccharide) · Periplasmic space Mycobacteria only: Arabinogalactan · Mycolic acid

Outside envelope	Bacterial capsule · Slime layer · S-layer · Glycocalyx Pilus · Fimbria

Composite	Biofilm

Shapes

Bacterial cellular morphologies · Coccus (Diplococcus) · Bacillus · Coccobacillus

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