Term: bacteria
Origin: βακτήριον/bacterion(=bacterium) > βακτηρία/bacteria (=rod, stick) because the first ones observed were rod-shaped.
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| Ehrenberg Collection drawings |
Coined: in 1838 by German naturalist zoologist Christian Goofried Ehrenberg (1795-1876) who who was the first to systematically study the microscopic world of protozoa, microalgae and bacteria, and who founded the science of micropaleontology.
Definition:
of single-celled, prokaryote microorganisms with a wide range of shapes, ranging from rods to spheres and spirals
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