BSCI 223 Chapter 11 The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea

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Brucella spp.

Shape: coccobacilli; short rods

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Undulant fever

Rickettsia ricketsii

Shape: rod-shaped

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Rocky mountain spotted fever

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Shape: kidney-bean shaped diplococcus

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: gonorrhea

Neisseria meningitidis

Shape: kidney-bean shaped diplococcus

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Meningococcal meningitis

Bordetella pertussis

Shape: short rods

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: whooping cough

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Wound and urinary tract infections

Legionella pneumophilia

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Legionnaire’s disease

Vibrio cholerae

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Cholera

Escherichia coli O157:H7

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Diarrhea

Borrelia burgdorferi

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Lyme disease

Proteus vulgaris

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Would and urinary tract infections

Salmonella typhi

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: typhoid fever

Shigella dysenteriae

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: dysentery

Yersinia pestis

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: black/bubonic plague

Haemophilus influenzae

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Meningitis (children)

Helicobacter pylori

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Ulcers/stomach cancer

Chlamydia trachomatis

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: conjunctivitis, trachoma

Treponema pallidum

Gram Staining: Negative

Disease: Syphilis

Clostridium botulinum

Type: spore

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Botulism

Clostridium tetani

Type: spore

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Tetanus, lockjaw

Clostridium perfringens

Type: spore

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Gas gangrene

Clostridium difficile (C.dif)

Type: spore

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Diarrhea

Listeria monocytogenes

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Listeriosis

Bacillus anthracis

Shape: rods & cocci

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Anthrax

Staphylococcus aureus

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Endocarditis, MRSA, Meningitis

Streptococcus pyogenes

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Pericarditis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Structure: wall-less

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium leprae

Structure: wall-less

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Leprosy

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Structure: wall-less

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Pneumonia

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Gram Staining: Positive

Disease: Diphtheria