Microbiology - Ch. 10 Taxonomy of Prokaryotes

G- Cocci. Examples?

Pink berries/Neisseria gonorrheae and meningitidis

G+ cocci

Purple/round/clustered/chains/pairs

G+ cocci examples

Staphylococcus aureus/staphylococcus epidermidis/streptococcus pyogenes/enterococcus faecalis

G- rods

Pink rods in chains or stacks or singlets. 75% of all known bacteria/Enterobacteriaceae 

Strepto means

chains

Palisades means

stacks

Singlets means

not joined

G- rods examples

klebsiella pneumoniae/proteus vulgaris/Serratia marcescens/Escherichia coli

G+ rods

Purple rod

G+ rods examples

Bacillus subtilis/clostridium perfringens/corynebacterium diphtheriae

G- vibrios

comma shaped rods

G- vibrios examples

Campylobacter jejuni/helicobacter pylori/vibrio cholerae

G- Acid Fast Bacilli examples

Mycobacterium tuberculosis/nocardia asteroides

G- Spirilla

have axial filament (motility) = spirochete

G- spirilla examples

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease),Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis), Treponema pallidum (syphilis)

G- Obligate Intracellular parasites

can only live inside living cells

G- OIP examples

Rickettsia rickettsi, chlamydia trachomatis, coxiella burnettii

Mycoplasma. Example?

no cell wall; mycoplasma pneumoniae