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diseases

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Escherichia coli E. coli - intestinal bacterium
Salmonella typhimurium common cause of gastrointestinal infections
Yersinia pestis cause of Plague (‘Black Death’)
Vibrio cholera causes cholera (dangerous condition with watery diarrhea)
Vibrio fischeri luminescent symbionts of fish, squid and other animals
P. aeruginosa ‘opportunistic’ pathogen
Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis cause meningitis
Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus
Rickettsia typhi Endemic typhus
Rickettsia rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Coxiella burnetii Q fever
Chlamydia trachomatis Trachoma Nongonococcal urethritis (blindness)
Chlamydia pneumonia Pneumonia
Treponema pallidum cause of syphilis
Borrelia burgdorferi cause of Lyme disease
Myxobacteria They attack bacteria and other organisms and digest them for food
Bdellovibrio species flagellated bacterium that attacks Gram negative bacteria and grows in their periplasm.
Bacillus subtilis common soil organism. 'Model organism'
Bacillus anthracis causes the disease anthrax.
Bacillus thuringiensis roduce potent insect neurotoxins. Used as an alternative to chemical pesticides
Clostridium botulinum Common soil organism, and cause of the disease botulism, which is a dangerous type of food poisoning.
Clostridium tetani Common soil organism, and cause of the disease tetanus ('lockjaw').
Staphylococcus aureus causes boils, wound infections, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, food poisoning, and other diseases
Streptococcus pyogenes causes strep throat
Streptococcus pneumoniae ('pneumococcus') respiratory infections such as pneumonia and ear infections.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae cause of 'walking pneumonia'.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes diphtheria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis cause of the disease tuberculosis
Mycobacterium leprae cause of leprosy
Trypanosoma brucei African sleeping sickness
Entamoeba histolytica Amoebic dysentery
Cryptosporidium parvum Cryptosporidiosis (diarrheal disease) Mil 1993
Giardia lamblia intestinal parasite that causes diarrhea and cramps
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