Answer:
The bacterium will be a spherical shape
Explanation:
The responsible for the width of rod-shaped bacteria is the protein called MreB. This protein forms large microfilaments that are very similar to actin filaments found in eukaryotic cells. All the bacteria that are spherical by nature doesn’t have the protein MreB. So, if a rod-shape bacterium that doesn´t have a MreB protein or is altered this bacterium would be spherical-shape.
