Asked by aiden

Consider the table.

Types of Bacteria
Form
Shape
Associated disease
Coccus
X
Strep throat
Bacillus
Rod shaped
Y
Spirillum
Spiral
Cholera

Which best describes X and Y?
X = Spherical; Y = E. coli
X = Comma shaped; Y = Whooping cough
X = Oval shaped; Y = S. aureus
X = Rod shaped; Y = Pneumonia

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
X = Spherical; Y = E. coli.

Reason: "Coccus" means spherical (so X is spherical). "Bacillus" refers to rod-shaped bacteria, and E. coli is a rod-shaped (bacillus-type) bacterium.