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MOLB Chapter 11
The Prokaryotes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Proteobacteria | Bacteria, Gram negative,chemoheterotrophic |
| Escheria | Bacteria, not usually pathogenic, gammaproteobacteria |
| Esherichia coli | causes UTI and diarrhea |
| Salmonella | Bacteria, usually pathogenic , gammaproteobacteria |
| Salmonella enterica & S. typhimurium | cause salmonellosis |
| Salmonella typhi | causes typhoid fever |
| Shigella | Bacteria only found in humans, gammaproteobacteria |
| Shigella Dysenteriae | causes dysentery and shigellosis |
| Yersenia | transmitted to humans by fleas, gammaproteobacteria |
| Yersenia pestis | Cause of the plague |
| Serratia | makes red pigment, gammaproteobacteria |
| Serratia marcenscens | found in hospital catheters and saline irrigation systems cause of UTI, respiratory infections |
| Gammaproteobacteria characteristics | large variety of physiological types |
| alphaproteobacteria | capable of growth in low nutrient environments, agriculturally important, has protrusions called prosthecae |
| betaproteobacteria | use hydrogen gas, ammonia, methane, from decomposing matter, several pathogenic |