Lecture 7 bacteria

Bacillus subtilis

model gram postive organsim; endospores

B. thuringiensis

delta endotoxin; insect control

staphylococcus aureus

cocci in clusters; toxins; MRSA

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Pneumonia; respiratory droplets

Streptococcus pyogenes

Strep throat; inflammation

Lactobacillus

Lactic acid fermentation

Streptomyces

Soil; obligate aerobe; antibiotics

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Pseudomembrane; exotoxin

Rhizobium

Plant roots; nitrogen fixation

Rickettsia rickettsii

Ticks; Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Nitrosomonas

Ammonia oxidation; wastewater

Neisseria

Mucosal colonization; immune evasion

E. coli

Metabolic flexibility; intestinal strains

Proteus

Heavy flagellation; swarming

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Deltaproteobacteria

Campylobacter jejuni

Epsilonproteobacteria; pathogen

Helicobacter pylori

Epsilonproteobacteria; pathogen

Treponema azotonutricium

Termite symbiont; nitrogen fixation

Treponema pallidum

Syphilis

Borrelia burgdorferi

Lyme disease

Bacteroides fragilis

Human gut; food breakdown

Thermus aquaticus

Thermophile

Deinococcus radiodurans

Radiation resistance; DNA repair