table prokaryotes

escherichia

caused gastroenteritis

clostridia, Mollicutes, bacilli

3 phylum class under firmicutes

salmonella

caused enteritis

clostridium, epulopscium, veillonella

representative genera under clostridia

shigella

caused shigellosis

clostridium

obligate anaerobic rids; endospore formers

yersinia

caused plague

clostridium

caused tetanus, botulism, gangrene, severe diarrhea

klebsiella

caused pneumonia

epulopscium

giant rods

vibrio

caused cholera

veillonella

part of oral biofilm on human teeth; stain like gram negative (pink)

haemophilus

caused meningitis in children

veillonella

caused dental cavities

mycoplasma

representative genera under mollicutes

mycoplasma

lack cell wall; pleomorphic; smallest free-living cells; strain like gram negative

mycoplasma

caused pneumonia and urinary tract infection

bacillus, listeria, lactobacillus, streptococcus, staphlycoccus

representative genera

bacillus

facultative anaerobic rods; endospore formers

bacillus

caused anthrax

listeria

contaminates of dairy

listeria

caused listeriosis

lactobacillus

produce yogurt, buttermilk, pickles, sauerkraut

lactobacillus

rare blood infections

streptococcus

cocci in chain

staphylcoccus

cocci in clusters

streptococcus

strep throat, scarlet fever, and others

staphylococcus

bacteremia, food poisoning, and others

corynebacterium, mycobacterium, actinomyces, nocardia, streptomyces

representative genera for actinobacteria

corynebacterium

caused diphtheria

mycobacterium

caused tuberculosis and meningitis

actinomyces

caused actinomycosis

nocardia

caused lesions

streptomyces

caused rare sinus infdctions

azospirillum, rhizobium, nitrobacter, purple nonsulfur bacteria, rickettsia, brucella, ehrlichia, acetobacter, glucanobacter, caulobacter agrobacterium

representative members for alpha-proteobacteria

rickettsia

caused typhus and rocky mountain spotted fever

brucella

caused brucellosis

ehrlichia

caused leukopenia

nitrosomonas, neisseria, bordetella, burkholderia, thiobacillus, zoologea, sphaerotilus, spirilum

representative genera for beta-proteobacteria

neisseria

caused gonorrhea and meningitis

bordetella

caused pertussis

burkholderia

lung infection if cycstic fibrosis patients

purple sulfur bacteria, legionella, coxiella, methane oxidizers, glycolysis facultative anaerobes, pseudomonas, azotobacter, azomonas

representative members for gamma proteobacteria

pseudomonas

caused urinary tract infections, external otitis

desulfovibrio, bdellovibrio, myxobacteria

gamma bacteria representative members

campylobacter and helicobacter

epislon proteobacteria

campylobacter

caused gastroenteritis

helicobacter

caused gastric ulcers

chlamydia

neonatal blindness and lymphogranuloma

treponema and borrelia

spirochaetes representative members

treponema

caused syphilis

borrelia

caused Lyme disease

bacteroides and cytophaga

bacterioides represen members

bacteriodes

caused abdominal infections

escherichia, enterobacter, serrated, salmonella, proteus, shigella, yersinia, klebsiella

enterobacteriacae reprensetatjve members

vibro

vibrionaeceae representative members

haemophilus

pasteurellaceae representative members