Gram + or -
Is helicobacter Gram- Negative or Gram-Positive
Gram-Negative
Can break down organic matter and can complicate cystic fibrosis (gram-neg)
Burkholderia
endospore producing, used in insecticides, causes anthrax (animal disease, not usually transmitted to people but can be transmitted to people like vets that are dealing with animals) also used in biowarfare, gram-positive
Bacillus
causes soft rot disease in plants (gram-neg)
Erwinia
forms sheath, and causes bad sewage problems, slimy coating on rocks (gram-neg)
spaerotilus
Is Mycobacteria gram-positive or gram-negative
Transmitted by tick or insect bites, causes Typhus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, grow only within a host cell (gram-neg)
Rickettsia
lives in mucous membranes of mammals, causes gonorrhea and meningococcal meningitis (gram-neg)
Neisseria
endospore producing, causes tetanus, botulism, and gangrene, gram+
Clostridium
no cell wall, very small, "fried egg" appearance, not gram-negative or gram-positive (acid fast)
Mycoplasma
Is Fusobacterium gram+ or gram-negative
Gram+
grows in soil using nutrients excreted by plants, fixes nitrogen (gram-neg)
Azospirillum
used to produce yogurt, sauerkraut, buttermilk, and pickles, gram+
Lactobacillus
causes traveler's diarrhea and e-coli poisoning (gram-neg)
Escherichia (e-coli.)
transmitted by raw undercooked shellfish, causes cholera (gram-neg)
Vibrio
Are Bacteroides gram+ or gram-negative
Gram+
musty smell in soil, filaments(fuzzy), gram-positive, and produce antibiotics
Streptomyces
causes conjunctivitis (pink eye) and is gram-negative
Moraxella
causes pertussis(whooping cough and is gram-negative
Bordetella
causes acne, is gram+
Propionibacteria
Is Salmonella Gram-Positive or Gram-Negative
Gram-Negative
produces sulfur as a waste product, toxic to fish and corrodes pipes (gram-neg)
Desulfovibrio
Round and in chains, causes more illnesses than any other group, causes scarlet fever, sore throat, impetigo, and rheumatic fever, gram+
Streptococcus
produces many different toxins, exists natural on skin and in nostrils, very resistant to antibiotics, causes toxic shock syndrome and staph infection, gram+
Staphylococcus
club shaped, causes diphtheria, gram+
Corynebacterium