The Prokaryotes:

Domain Bacteria and Domain Archaea

I: Typical Bacterial Shapes / Gram Staining Techniques

Typical Coccus (sphere)

Typical Bacillus (rod)

Typical Spirillum (spiral)

II. Ubiquity of Bacteria

III. Cyanobacteria (Domain Bacteria)

Gleocapsa

Oscillatoria 10x

Oscillatoria 45x (square shaped cells in long chains)

Anabaena 45x - roundish shaped cells, heterocysts

Anabaena

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