Characteristics and importance of bacteria

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Bacteria are unique, ancient forms of life that were the first to emerge on Earth. The characteristics of bacteria are the following:

Unicellular - bacteria are unicellular organisms, meaning they exist even as a single cell. They may form clusters of organisms called colonies.
Microscopic - bacteria cannot be seen by the naked eye. They are very small and thus require special instruments like microscope to observe them.
Prokaryotic - all bacteria do not have a nucleus that holds their genetic material. They only have a nucleoid region which barely resembles a nucleus without a nuclear membrane.
Presence of cell wall - bacteria are organisms that have a cell wall made of a special protein-lipid combination called peptidoglycan. This protects them from the harsh environment and also makes them infectious.
Shape - bacteria have different shapes named as coccus (sphere), spirilla (spiral), and bacilli (rod).

Examples of bacteria are Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrheae, Staphylococcus aureus.

The importance of bacteria are as follows:

Food - some bacteria are used to produce food for human consumption while some are food themselves for other microscopic organisms such as protists.
Medicine - the medical science and biotechnology have a wide variety of use for bacteria, from producing hormones to creating vaccines from them.
Decomposers - bacteria help reduce the waste here on earth. They are responsible for breaking down dead organisms or organic wastes. This helps in recycling the nutrients in the environment.

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