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Genus
what they do
Name
Genus Borrelia   causes lyme disease - vectored into humans bu the bite of the deer   burgdorferi  
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Genus Treponema   causes syphilis   pallidum  
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Genus Campylobacter   often found cattle, pig, chicken intestines and containing meat products..cause of entry (food poisoning)   jejeuni-  
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Genus Helicobacter   infection with this organism is a necessary prerequisite for a gastric ulcer   pylori-  
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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  
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Genus Neisseria   - sexual transmitted disease, cause sterility and scar Fallopian tubes   gonorrhea  
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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  
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Genus Enterobacter   aerogenes   aerogenes  
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Genus Escherichia   guinea pig -very well characterized, used in pioneering studies and some strains cause traveler's diarrhea and strain is pathogenic   coli-  
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Genus Klebsiella   cause pneumonia in elderly and immunocompromised   pneumoniae-  
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Genus Proteus   highly motile   vulgaris-  
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Genus salmonella   - cause of typhoid fever - a big killer before good sanitation practices municipal treatment of sewage and drinking water   typhi  
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Genus salmonella   - cause of salmonellosis aka food poisoning   enteritidis  
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Genus Shigella   resembles E.coli except it almost produces a variety of enterotoxins   Shigella  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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Genus Bacteriodes   - strict anaerobe -very common in human colon -cause peritonitis from penetrating abdominal wounds (gun wound or ruptured appendix)   fragilis-  
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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  
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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  
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Genus Streptococcus   -encapsulated -cause pneumoniae expecially in children and elderly   pneumoniae  
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Genus Streptococcus   causes strep throat   pyogenes  
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Genus Streptococcus   -lactose fermented used in yogurt manufacture   lactis  
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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  
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Genus Clostridium   -extremely powerful neurotoxins -causes flaccid paralysis, respiratory arrest, death   Botulinum  
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Genus Clostridium   -cause of super-infection colon -toxins damage lining of colon   difficile  
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Genus Clostridium   -produces an assortment of tissue- destroying enzymes and toxins -cause of gas gangrene   perfringens  
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Genus Clostridium   -produces powerful neurotoxins which cause spastic paralysis   tetani  
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Genus Streptomyces   - various members are responsible for the production for many of our natural antibiotic drugs   Streptomyces  
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Genus Lactobacillus   -ferment carbohydrates producing acids -a common and necessary member of the vaginal normal flora -prevent yeasts and other pathogens   lactobacilli  
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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  
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Genus Corynebacterium   - cause diphtheria- a serious respiratory infection until 1935 killed more children in the USA than any other infectious disease.   diphtheriae  
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Genus Mycobacterium   - a growing problem in AIDS patients -many strains are multiply-resistant and some strains are not treatable   tuberculosis  
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Genus Mycobacterium   cause of Hansen's disease -extremities affected (grows best at slightly lower temp found on hand, feet and face)   leprae  
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Genus Mycobacterium   group of related mycobacterial species that have become a significant opportunistic pathogens in HIV/AIDS patients   avium  
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Genus Mycoplasma   tiny bacterium causes mild (walking) pneumonia   pneumoniae  
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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  
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Genus Epidermophyton   fungus affect only skin and nails   Epidermophyton  
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Genus Microsporum   fungus tend to prefer hair or skin to nails   Microsporum  
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Genus candida   fungus responsible for most human yeast infection both in the vagina and mouth   candida  
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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  
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Genus Aspergillus   -common mold that can grow on plants and sometimes produces very toxic aflatoxins. corn and peanuts can be contaminate by it.   Aspergillus  
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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  
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Genus Neisseria   - causes meningococcal meningitis   meningitis  
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