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Bacterial Identification
phylums and other info
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
02/16/2010

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Term
Staphylococcus
Definition
Phylum Firmicutes, causes boils and skin infection, +
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Streptococcus
Definition
Firmicutes, pneumo causes pneumonia and pyogenes causes strep throat, +
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Bacillus
Definition
Phylum Firmicutes, causes anthrax, +
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Clostridium
Definition
Phylum Firmicutes, causes tetanus, gas gangrene, and botulism, +
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Corynebacterium
Definition
Phylum Actinobacteria, causes diphtheria, +
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Mycobacterium
Definition
Phylum Actinobacteria, causes tuberculosis, +
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Nocardia
Definition
Phylum Firmicutes, causes lung abscesses, +
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Neisseria
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes gonorrhea, meningitis, -
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Bordetella
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes whooping cough, -
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Pseudomonas
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes pneumonia/burn infections, -
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Legionella
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes Legionnaires’ disease, -
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Escherichia
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes diarrhea problems and problems in intestinal tract, -
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Salmonella
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes typhoid fever, -
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Shigella
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes dysentery, -
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Klebsiella
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes pneumonia, -
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Proteus
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, -
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Yersinia
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes plague, -
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Vibrio
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Proteobacteria, causes cholera/food infection, -
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Treponema
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Spirochete, causes syphilis, -
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Borrelia
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Spirochete, causes Lyme’s disease, -
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Rickettsia
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Spirochete, causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, -
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Chlamydia
Definition
Phylum Gracilicutes/Chlamydia, causes an STD Chlamydia, -
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Mycoplasma
Definition
Phylum Tenericutes/Firmicutes, causes pneumonia, -
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