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Actinomyces
Filamentous bacteria
Cyclospora
Protist
Giardia
Beaver fever, protists
Cyptospordium
oocyt, encyst, protist
Legionella pneumophilia
legionaries disease, cysteine auxotroph
C. botulinum
botox
Clostridium acetobutylicum
Chaim Weizmann, acetone, butanol, WWI
B. cereus
Human pathogen
B. anthracis
Endospore, anthrax, squarish in shaped
B. papillae
Insect pathogen
Bacillus thuringiensis
Endospore former, gram +, insect toxin crystal
Chlamydia trachomatis
obligate pathogen, elementary and reticulate body
Streptococcus pyogenes
flesh eating disease, superantigen
Proteus sp.
human unrinary tract infections, opportunistic
Salmonella sp.
Mary Mallon, related to E.coil but can live within macrophage
Coxiella burnetii
Q fever
Shigella dysenteriae
related to E.coli, causes diarrhea, shigella toxin
Pneumocystis carinii
opportunistic infection in HIV patients
Methanosarcina sp. & Methanococcus sp.
methanogen, archaea
Desulfovibrio sp.
obligate anaerobe, sulfur reducing bacteria
Candida albicans
yeast, human infections, vaginal and urethral infections
Leuconostoc sp.
heterfermentative bacteria, sauerkraut
Enterobacter cloacae
Normal resident of GI, not normally a pathogen
K.oxytoca
used for ethanol production
Klebsiella pneumoniae
lung infections
Klebsiella sp.
prominent capsule, many infections
Propionobacterium shermanii
Swiss cheese
Brevibacterium sp.
some in cheeses, one specie causes foot odour
Penicillium camamberti
Cheese
Penicillium roqueforti
cheese flavour
Penicillium sp.
Penicillin
Lactobacillus sp.
sauerkraut, cheese, homolactic acid fermenter
Chlorobium sp.
photoautotroph, green sulfur bacteria, oxidizes sulfur, does not deposit inside
Chromatium sp.
photoautotroph, purple in winograhsky column, oxidizes sulfur and deposits inside
Streptococcus pneumonia
pneumonia
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
thermophile, hotsprings
Staphylococcus aureus
nosocomial infection
Bifidobacteria sp.
probiotic, Y-shaped
Haloarcula sp.
salt tolerant, square
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
gonorrhea
Treponema pallidum
syphilis
Fusobacterium sp.
gram negative, post surgical infections
Vibrio cholera
causes cholera, water borne, CTX
Campylobacter sp.
common water contaminant, chicken as hosts, water and food
Haemophilus influenzae
causes influenza
Enterobacter sp.
Enteric bacteria but not fecal coliform
Neisseria meningitdis
meningitis
Listeria monocytogenes
utilizes host actin to move, intracellular pathogen
Micrococcus sp.
tetrad arrangement, some are pathogens
Streptococcus sp.
varied, sometimes fermenter, sometimes pathogens
Staphyloccocus sp.
impetigo
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
pyacyanin, burn victim, opportunist
Clostridium botulinum
endospore, anaerobe, botox
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
bakers yeast, eukaryote, fermenter
Serratia marcescens
bright red pigment
Yersina pestis
black death
Bacillus anthracis
anthracis, endospore former
Xanthomonas campestris
Xanthan gum
Escherichia coli
some strains produce GI infections
Test your knowledge of bacterial and parasitic pathogens with this quiz. Identify common pathogens such as Actinomyces, Cyclospora, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Legionella pneumophila, and C. botulinum.
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