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Bacteria
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/15/2009

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Mycoplasmas
Definition
Gram +, No metabolic function, too small. min necessary for survival
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Listeria
Definition
Gram+ , non spore-forming, soil, travels through blood and
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Clostridium
Definition
Gram +, from Endospores, dont like oxygen, will die with o2.(on the skin)
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Lactobacillus
Definition
Gram +, Rod-shape,produce "lactic Acid" used in Dairy
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Bacillus
Definition
Gram +, Diversse , anthrax, Endospores= tolerance to heat and disinfectants
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Staphylococcus
Definition
Gram +, Immobile, grape like cluster, Yellow. Skin infections, TSS
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Streptococcus
Definition
Gram +, non-motile, non-sporeforming,Group A. Causes ...strep throat, scarlet fever, postpartum fever. Group B...Life threatening newborns,
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Actinobacteria
Definition
Gram +,most common soil life...
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Enrtococcus
Definition
Gram +, Pair shape, round,can convert carbohydrates to lactic acid. Infection while in hospital.
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Nocardia
Definition
Gram +, waxy coating, found in soil w organic matter, "Inhalation"
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Corynebacterium
Definition
Gram +, small, non-motile, places such as soil, water, blood, human skin. "upper respiratory" mainly children.
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Streptomyces
Definition
Gram +, decomposers, produces more than half of the worlds anitbiotics.
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Mycobacterium
Definition
Gram +, Rod-shape, causes Leprosy, and tuberculosis
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Spirochetes
Definition
Gram -, has Phyla for movement, causes 1.Leptospira = Weil's 2. Borrelia burgdorferi =Lyme 3. Borrelia recurrentis= Replapsing, 4. Treponema pallidum= Syphillis
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Bacteroids
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Gram-, Rod shape, assist in digestion, in human feces. Benefit stop pathogens in the gut.
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Chlamydias
Definition
Gram-, causes chlamydia in human eye or genital
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