Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterium that has long been recognized as a major pathogen

causing pneumonia. Based on its name, how might it look under a microscope?



a. Because it is a bacterium, it will be very small and difficult to distinguish.
b. It would look like a chain of round beads or balls.
c. It would be about the size of a eukaryotic cell.
d. both (b) and (c)


B

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