TOPIC 4- Microbial Diversity

rhizobium leguminosarum

phylum proteobacteria

class alphaproteobacteria

rickettsia rickettsii

phylum proteobacteria

class alphaproteobacteria

neisseria mucosa

phylum proteobacteria

class betaproteobacteria

neisseria gonorrhoeae

phylum proteobacteria

class betaproteobacteria

pathogenic; causes the STI gonorrhea

escheria coli

phylum proteobacteria

class gammaproteobacteria

pseudomonas aeruginosa

phylum proteobacteria

class gammaproteobacteria

gammaproteobacteria

what class of the phyla proteobacteria has gram negative, rod shaped, motile bacteria that grow well in lab settings

myxococcus xanthus

phylum proteobacteria

class deltaproteobacteria

bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

phylum proteobacteria

class deltaproteobacteria

phylum cyanobacteria

• they all carry out oxygenic photosynthesis

• they have the lowest nutritional requirements than any organism because they are the source of oxygen and nitrogen for many organisms

prochlorococcus

phylum cyanobacteria

streptococcus pyogenes

phyla firmicute

• aerotolerant anaerobes

• make lactic acid as the end product of fermentation

• responsible for strep throat, scarlet fever and flesh-eating disease

lactobacillus delbrueckii

phyla firmicute

• aerotolerant anaerobes

• used in yogurt production

• make lactic acid as the end product of fermentation

staphylococcus aureus

phyla firmicute

• facultative anaerobe

• non-lactic acid bacteria

bacillus

phyla firmicute

• aerobic endospore formers

clostridium

phyla firmicute

• strictly anaerobic endospore formers

• breaks down cellulose in trees

negativicutes

gram negative firmicutes

veillonella parvula

phyla firmicute

class negativicutes

phyla tenericute

the mycoplasmas

mycoplasma genitalium

phyla tenericutes

phyla actinobacteria

second phylum of gram-positive

corynebacterium diphtheriae

phyla actinobacteria

• coryneform bacteria; club-shaped morphology

mycobacterium tuberculosis

phylum actinobacteria

• mycobacteria- modified gram-positive cell wall that is embedded with a layer of mycolic acid

• the reason for the acid-fast stain

streptomyces

streptomyces griseus

phyla actinobacteria

• filamentous actinobacteria

bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

phylum bacteroidetes

phyla chlamydiae

chlamydia trachomatis

phyla chlamydiae

• can cause trachoma, scarring, and blindness

phyla plantomycetes

gemmata obscuriglobus

phyla planctomycetes

thermus aquaticus

phyla deinococcus-thermus

• essential tool for PCR

• thermophilic chemoorganoheterotroph

• can withstand high temperatures

deinococcus radiodurans

phyla deinococcus-thermus

halobacterium salinarum

phyla euryarchaeota

• needs very high salt concentration

bacteriorhodopsin

methanobacterium

phyla euryarchaeota

• has a cell wall made of pseudomurein

nitrosopumilus maritimus

phylum thaumarchaeota

nanoarchaeum equitans

phyla nanoarchaeota

korarchaeum cryptofilum

phylum crenarchaeota

phyla that….

sulfolobus acidocaldarius

phylum crenarchaeota