Assignment Problem: Add to your illustration the bacterial cells which you should see on or near the larger cheek cells. Try to keep the size of the bacterial cells to scale with the size of the cheek cell.
A. How would you describe the shape and arrangement of the bacterial cells (using the microbiology terms you used to describe the bacteria in the rectal smear)?
B. The nucleus of a squamous epithelial cells is approximately 10 um in size. Compare the size of the cell's nucleus with the size of the bacterial cells. Based on this comparison, what is the approximate size of the bacterial cells in the image?