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species and genus
name
| Genus | what they do | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Genus Borrelia | causes lyme disease - vectored into humans bu the bite of the deer | burgdorferi |
| Genus Treponema | causes syphilis | pallidum |
| Genus Campylobacter | often found cattle, pig, chicken intestines and containing meat products..cause of entry (food poisoning) | jejeuni- |
| Genus Helicobacter | infection with this organism is a necessary prerequisite for a gastric ulcer | pylori- |
| Gebus Legionella | -knows to be common in streams as well as sometimes in the water lines of air-conditioning systems. killed 26 in a mysterious pneumonia outbreak at a 1976 convention in philly. | pneumonia |
| Genus Neisseria | - sexual transmitted disease, cause sterility and scar Fallopian tubes | gonorrhea |
| Genus Pseudomonas | very common in water and soil, resistant to many antibiotics and disinfectant - cause UTI wound infections, dangerous for burn patient. -Produces green and blue pigments | Pseudomonas |
| Genus Enterobacter | aerogenes | aerogenes |
| Genus Escherichia | guinea pig -very well characterized, used in pioneering studies and some strains cause traveler's diarrhea and strain is pathogenic | coli- |
| Genus Klebsiella | cause pneumonia in elderly and immunocompromised | pneumoniae- |
| Genus Proteus | highly motile | vulgaris- |
| Genus salmonella | - cause of typhoid fever - a big killer before good sanitation practices municipal treatment of sewage and drinking water | typhi |
| Genus salmonella | - cause of salmonellosis aka food poisoning | enteritidis |
| Genus Shigella | resembles E.coli except it almost produces a variety of enterotoxins | Shigella |
| Genus Yersinia | - vectored into humans by bites of infected fleas causes plagues. -bubonis plague (LYMPHATIC infection) has an untreated mortality of 50%-75% -Pneumonic plague nearly always kills -pestis was the probable cause of the black death in europe | pestis |
| Genus Vibrio | - cause of cholera - produces a powerful enterotoxin that inhibits water absorption by the large intestine - watery diarrhea, death by dehydration in hours -occur in poor country | cholerae |
| Genus Haemophilus | - only grows on blood-based media in laboratory and was discovered and misidentified as the cause of the 1890 influenza pandemic -found in nasopharynx of 75% of people. -virulent strains cause meningitis, earache, epligottitis and pneumonia. | influenzae |
| Genus Bacteriodes | - strict anaerobe -very common in human colon -cause peritonitis from penetrating abdominal wounds (gun wound or ruptured appendix) | fragilis- |
| Genus Staphylococcus | can be quite pathogenic -commonly found on skin, ares, groin and axillae -produces a variety of toxins and tissue-destroting enzymes -very resistant to drying and heat and antibiotics -can cause toxins shock syndrome, abscesses, wound infections fp | aureus |
| Genus Streptococcus | -normal oral flora -forms bio-films on teeth -oral surgery can accidentally inoculate them into blood stream where they can wind up growing on heart valves, lining of the heart which is very dangerous | mutans |
| Genus Streptococcus | -encapsulated -cause pneumoniae expecially in children and elderly | pneumoniae |
| Genus Streptococcus | causes strep throat | pyogenes |
| Genus Streptococcus | -lactose fermented used in yogurt manufacture | lactis |
| Genus Bacillus | first bacterium identified as the cause of a disease. -primarily a disease of livestock, infection results from inhalation or ingestion of spores -vegetative bacteria produce deadly exotoxins which cause death by circulatory collapse and pulmonary edema | anthracis |
| Genus Clostridium | -extremely powerful neurotoxins -causes flaccid paralysis, respiratory arrest, death | Botulinum |
| Genus Clostridium | -cause of super-infection colon -toxins damage lining of colon | difficile |
| Genus Clostridium | -produces an assortment of tissue- destroying enzymes and toxins -cause of gas gangrene | perfringens |
| Genus Clostridium | -produces powerful neurotoxins which cause spastic paralysis | tetani |
| Genus Streptomyces | - various members are responsible for the production for many of our natural antibiotic drugs | Streptomyces |
| Genus Lactobacillus | -ferment carbohydrates producing acids -a common and necessary member of the vaginal normal flora -prevent yeasts and other pathogens | lactobacilli |
| Genus listeria | -able to grow in refrigerated food -found widely in animal populations -infection in pregant women can result serious consequences to her fetus | monocytogenes |
| Genus Corynebacterium | - cause diphtheria- a serious respiratory infection until 1935 killed more children in the USA than any other infectious disease. | diphtheriae |
| Genus Mycobacterium | - a growing problem in AIDS patients -many strains are multiply-resistant and some strains are not treatable | tuberculosis |
| Genus Mycobacterium | cause of Hansen's disease -extremities affected (grows best at slightly lower temp found on hand, feet and face) | leprae |
| Genus Mycobacterium | group of related mycobacterial species that have become a significant opportunistic pathogens in HIV/AIDS patients | avium |
| Genus Mycoplasma | tiny bacterium causes mild (walking) pneumonia | pneumoniae |
| Genus Trichophyton | produces keratinases that allow it to digest and live in, the keratin abundant in hair, nail or nail tissues -responsible for many fungal infections of the hair nail skin | trichopton |
| Genus Epidermophyton | fungus affect only skin and nails | Epidermophyton |
| Genus Microsporum | fungus tend to prefer hair or skin to nails | Microsporum |
| Genus candida | fungus responsible for most human yeast infection both in the vagina and mouth | candida |
| Genus Histoplasma | -often abundant in deposits of bird or bat dropping and human become infected by inhalation -fungus grow in the lungs and ocasional enter blood stream | Histoplasma |
| Genus Aspergillus | -common mold that can grow on plants and sometimes produces very toxic aflatoxins. corn and peanuts can be contaminate by it. | Aspergillus |
| Genus Pneumocystics | though to be a protozoan but recent evidence suggests that it is a fungus. -Harmless to healthy persons - it pneumonia is a significant illness in person with HIV/AIDS | Pneumocystics |
| Genus Neisseria | - causes meningococcal meningitis | meningitis |
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