Biology 2/3- Eubacteria (Name - Disease)

Match scientific name to disease and gram.

Staphylococcus aureus

(+) causes boils, skin infections, food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome

Streptococcus pyogenes

(+) causes strep throat, ear infections, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever

Streptococcus pneumoniae

(+) causes pneumonia and meningitis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

(-) causes gonorrhea

Clostridium botulinum

(+) are anaerobic, cause botulism

Escherichia coli

(-) facultative anaerobes, live in intestinal tract, cause diarrhea, meningitis, death

Salmonella

(-) cause food poisoning, typhoid, infections of blood

Haemophilus influenzae

(-) infections of respiratory tract or blood

Legionella

(-) cause Legionnaires disease

Proteus mirabilis

(-) cause urinary tract infections

Bordetella pertussis

(-) causes whooping cough

Treponema pallidum

(-) causes syphilis

Streptomyces

(+) produce antibiotics like tetracycline and streptomycin

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

causes tuberculosis; no stain:(

Mycobacterium leprae

(+) causes leprosy, “Hansen’s Disease”

Rickettsia rickettsii

(-) causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Chlamydia trachomatis

(-) causes blindness, lymphogranuloma venereum, and PID

Chlamydia psittaci

(-) causes parrot fever