BIOL4823 organisms

this format: G test, shape, aerobic/anaerobic/etc, special test, extra info

Borrelia burgdorferi

G-, spirochete, microaerophile, motile

Vibrio cholerae

G-, curved rod, facultative anaerobe, motile

Clostridium species

G+, rod, anaerobic, endospore former, motile

Bordetella pertussis

G-, coccobaccillus, aerobic

Rickettsia prowazekii

G-, intracellular, cannot be grown in cultures

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

G-, diplococci, aerobic, non-motile, pili, oxidase+

Trypanosoma cruzi

parasitic protozoan (causes Chagas disease)

Legionella pneumophila

G-, rod, aerobic, intracellular

E. coli

G-, rod, facultative anaerobe, motile, slime former

Strep. pneumoniae 

G+, diplococci, anaerobic, encapsulated

Salmonella typhimurium

G-, rod, facultative anaerobe, motile

Shigella

G-, rod, facultative anaerobe, acid tolerant

Mycobacterium ulcerans

G+, rod, aerobic, acid fast

Streptomyces

G+, rods, branching

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

G-, rod, facultative anaerobe, encapsulated