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A chromosome is the name given to the structure that holds an organisms DNA, either all or just part of it. Both plant and animal chromosomes become visible when mitosis or meiosis occur, they become much more condensed.
In most cases bacterial chromosomes are often circular and not linear, as found in humans.
References
Molecular Biolody of the cell fifth edition, 2008