Microbial Diversity and Pathogens: Bacteria, Cyanobacteria, and Extremophiles

aquifex

thermophillic, chemolithotrophic, unusual membrane structure (Vol 1)

thermotoga

thermophillic, sheathed "toga" (Vol 1)

Deinococcus

gram + , radiation resistant (Vol 1)

Thermus aquaticus

critical enzyme for polymerase chain reaction (Vol 1)

chloroflexus

green non sulfur bacteria, tolerate oxygen photoheterotrophic, bacteriochlorophyll (Vol 1)

chloroblum

green sulfur bacteria, photoautotrophic, anaerobic, bacteriochlorophyll (Vol 1)

cyanobacteria

chlorophyll, oxygenic, nitrogen fixation, neurotoxins in the lake (Vol 1)

nostoc

chains of cocci, slime coat (buoyancy) nitrogen fixation (Vol 1)

Oscillatoria

filaments, gliding motility, fragmentation (Vol 1)

Rhodospirillum

purple non-sulfur bacteria, photoheterotrophic (Vol 2)

Rickettsia

very small (0.3-0.5 micrometers) intracellular pathogens, cause typhus and rocky mountain spotted fever (Vol 2)

Caulobacter

appendaged bacteria (Vol 2)

Hyphomicrobium

budding and appendaged bacteria (Vol 2)

Rhizobium

nitrogen fixation, symbiotic in root nodules (Vol 2)

Nitrobacter

chemolithotrophs, aerobic, nitrifying soil bacteria (Vol 2)

Neisseria

diplococcus pathogen, meningitis, gonorrhea (Vol 2)

bordetella

pathogen, b. pertussis, whooping cough (Vol 2)

Leptothrix

sheathed bacteria, aquatic waste water plants (Vol 2)

Thiobacillus

colorless sulfur bacteria, chemolithotroph (Vol 2)

Nitrosomonas

nitrification w/ nitrobacter , chemolithotrophic (Vol 2)

Chromatium

purple sulfur bacteria, anarobic (Vol 2)

Spiribacter

moderate halophiles, most abundant microbe in intermediate salinity ponds (Vol 2)

Methylococcus

methanotroph (feed on methane) (Vol 2)

Beggiatoa

filamentous microbial mats, gliding motility, live in Cueva de la villa luz (Vol 2)

Thiomargarita

giant bacteria (1 micrometer thick) giant vacuole (Vol 2)

leucothrix

filamentous rosettes, gliding motility (Vol 2)

Psuedomonas

aerobic, often produce green/blue pigments, pathogens p.aeruginosa (Vol 2)

enternobacteria

facultative anaerobes, most inhabit digestive tracks of mammals ex] enterobacter, serratia, salmonella, shigella etc (Vol 2)

Ecoli

best studied microbe, common intestinal bacterium (Vol 2)

Salmonella

many pathogenic species, typhoid fever, does not ferment lactose/ sucrose (Vol 2)

Vibrio

comma shaped bacteria, fresh water or salt water, pathogens (cholera, food poisioning)

mariprofundus feryoxydans

iron oxidizing chemolithotrophs, live in ocean habitats, form stalks, filaments, sheaths (Vol 2)

desulfovibrio

Curved shape, Anaerobic respiration, Black Sea (Vol 2)

Bdellovibrio

Attacks other gram-negative bacteria (Vol 2)

Myxococcus

Fruiting bacteria, Swarming cells gather if starving, resistant spores (Vol 2)

Campylobacter

curved/spiral bacteria, common cause of gastroenteritis (Vol 2)

Helicobacter

spiral shaped, peptic ulcer disease, flagella with thock ends (Vol 2)

Clostridium

endosporing rods, common in soil (Vol 3)

Epulopiscium

Giant bacteria (500 um) Gut of sturgeon fish (Vol 3)

heliobacterium

the only gram + phototrophic bacteria (Vol 3)

Bacillus

endosporing rods, typically in chains (Vol 3)

Lactobacillus

non sporing rods, fermentative, probiotics (Vol 3)

Listeria

psychotrophic bacteria, grows in refridgerator (Vol 3)

Streptococcus

chains of round shaped bacteria, fermentative metabolism (Vol 3)

Staphylococcus

grapelike clusters, opportunitic pathogens ex] s.aureus (Vol 3)

Mycoplasma

no cell wall, primary atypical pneumonia (Vol 4)

planctomyces

cell wall lacks peptidoglycan, reproduce by budding (Vol 4)

Chlamydia

obligate intracellular parasites, extremely small, pathogenic ( STD, Trachoms, Psittacosis) (Vol 4)

spirochaetes

gram negative spiral shaped bacteria, axial filament, free living (Vol 4)

treponema

cause of syphilis, spiral shape assists movement thorugh mucus. (Vol 4)

borrielia

cause of lyme disease, transmitted by ticks (Vol 4)

Bacteroides

obligate anaerobe, fermentative metabolism, most abundant intestinal microbe (rumen of cows) (Vol 4)

Cytophaga

gliding soil bacteria, degrade, cellulose, chitin (Vol 4)

dictoglomus thermophilum

hyper thermophilies, spherical network of cells (Vol 4)

Actinomycetes

most common soil microbes, sporangia (Vol 5)

Streptomyces

spores in chains, produce antibiotics (Vol 5)

actinopolyspora

halophilic, isolated from desert soil. salt fields (Vol 5)

micrococcus

aerobic cocci, tetrad arrangement, pigmentation, live on skin and in soil (Vol 5)

Corynebacterium

irregular rods, club shaped (Vol 5)

Mycobacteria

acid fast bacteria, mycolic acids, survive and replicate in white blood cells (Vol 5)