Term | Definition |
Acetobacter aceti | vinegar producer |
Agrobacterium tumefaciens | plant cancer |
Bacillus anthracis | anthrax |
Bacillus cereus | probiotic/food poisoning |
Bartonella henselae | cat scratch fever |
Bordetella pertussis | whooping cough |
Borrelia burgdorferi | lyme disease |
Brevibacterium linens | red smear cheese |
Campylobacter jejuni | diarrhea |
Chlamydia trachomatis | chlamydia |
Clostridium botulinum | botulism |
Clostridium tetani | tetanus |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae | diptheria |
Coxiella burnetti | Q fever |
Escherchia coli | strain 0157:H7 food poisoning |
Francisella tularenis | rabbit fever |
Heliobacter pylori | ulcer |
Lactobacillus acidophilus | acid in the human digestion |
Lactobacillus bulgaricus | production in yogurt |
Lactobacillus lactis | production of sour cream |
Legionella pneumophilia | legionnaires' disease |
Closteridium difficile | colotisis |
Clostridium perfringens | gangrene |
Listeria monocytogenes | listerosis |
Myobacterium leprae | leprosy |
Myobacterium tuberculosis | tuberculosis |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae | gonorrhea/the clap |
Neisseria meningitides | meningitis |
Pasteurella multocida | pasteurellosis |
Propionibacterium acnes | pimple |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | nosicomial |
Rickettsia rickettsii | rocky mountain spotted fever |
Salmonella typhimurium | typhoid fever |
Shigella dysenteriae | dysentery |
Staphylococcus aureus | boils |
Streptococcus lactis | production of buttermilk |
Streptococcus mutans | cavity |
Sterptococcus pneumonia | pneumonia |
Streptococcus pyogenes | strep throat/ flesh eating |
Streptococcus salivarius | first in line infant defense |
Treponema pallidum | syphilis |
Vibrio chloerae | cholera |
Yersinia pestis | black plague |
Zoogloea ramigera | sewage treatment |
Ebolavirus | Ebola |
Epstein-Barr Virus | Mononucleosis |
Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E — | Liver inflammation |
Herpes simplex virus | Blisters on skin |
Human immunodeficiency virus — | H I V |
Human papillomavirus (HPV) | Viral STD |
Morbillivirus | Measles |
Orthomyxoviridae | Influenza |
. Poliovirus | Polio |
Rabies Virus | Encephalitis |
Rhinovirodiae | Common Cold |
Rubella Virus | Rubella |
Varicella | Chicken Pox |
West Nile Virus | West Nile Fever |
Alexandrium tamarense | Red Tide |
. Cryptosporidium spp. | Cryptosporidiosis |
Entamoeba histolytica | Amoebic Dysentery |
Giardia lamblia | Beaver Fever |
Leishmania tropica | Leishmania |
Plasmodium falciparum | Malaria |
Toxoplasma gondii | Toxoplasmosis |
Trichomonas vaginalis | Trichomoniasis |
Trypanosoma brucei | African Sleeping Sickness |
Trypanosoma cruzi | Chagas’ disease |
Aspergillus fumigatus | Aspergillosis |
Candida albicans | Thrush |
Cryptococcus neoformans | Cryptococcosis |
Geotrichum candidum | Flavor Enhancer in cheeses |
Histoplasma capsulatum | histoplasmosis |
Malassezia furfur | Dandruff |
Penicillium camemberti | camemberti |
Penicillium candidum | Brie |
Penicillium chrysogenum | Penicillin |
Penicillium roqueforti | Blue cheese and roqueforti |
Pneumocystis jirovecii | Pneumocystis pneumonia |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Bread and beer |
Stachybotrys chartarum | Toxic Mold |
Trichophyton mentagrophytes | Athlete's foot |
Ancylostoma caninum | Dog Hook Worm |
Ascaris spp. | Giant intestinal roundworm |
Clonorchis spp. | Liver Fluke |
Dirofilaria immitis | Heartworm |
Haemonchus contortus | Barber Pole Worm |
Paragonimus spp. | Lung Fluke |
Taenia solium | Tape Worm |
Trichinella spiralis | Trichinosis |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy | Mad Cow |
Ovine Spongiform Encephalopathy | Scrapie |
TSE of deer | Chronic wasting disease |
TSE of humans | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
Thermus aquaticus | taq polymerase |