Colonizes the blood and the brain after being transmitted via the bite of a tsetse fly. Cause African trypanosomiasis
T. brucei
Causes diarrheal illness and is spread
Giardia lablia
Deadly parasite found in warm, fresh water. Causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
Naegleria fowleri
Causes histoplasmosis.
Histoplasm capsulatum
Causes keratitis
Acanthamoeba
Causes human STD known as trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis
Transmitted by cysts in feces and is the primary cause of amoebic dysentery.
E. histolytica
Causes the serious lung disease Valley Fever
Coccidoides immits
A common yeast that forms pseudohyphae, vaginal yeast yeast infections
Candida albicans
The only parasitic ciliate that affects humans by causing intestinal illness
B. coli
Causes American trypanosomiasis (chagas disease)
T. cruzi
Used in baking and brewing beer.
Saccharomyces
A contaminant of nuts and stored grains, produces an aflatoxin that is both a toxin & a potent natural carcinogen
Aspergillus flavus
Causes chronic gastritis, can lead to ulcers and stomach cancer
Helicobacter
Causes whooping cough
B. pertussis
Can cause both upper & lower respiratory tract infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia
H. influenzae
Indicator of fecal contamination, causes foodborne disease and UTIs
E. coli
Cause of gonorrhoea
N. gonorrhoeae
Cause bacillary dysentery
Shigella
Cause legionellosis or Legionnaires disease
L. pneumophila
Cause life threatening cellulitis
V. vulnificus
Cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
R. rickettsii
Causes trachoma and LGV
C. trachomatis
Causes the STI known as chancroid
H. ducreyi
Transmitted to humans via animal bites, causes infections of skin and deeper tissues
P. multocida
Causes plague
Y. pestis
Causes wound and urinary tract infections
P. aeruginosa
Causes gastroenteritis
Campylobacter
Cause of bacterial meningitis
N. meningitidis
Causes typhoid fever
S. typhi
Causes cholera
Vibrio cholerae
Causes epidemic murine typhus
R. typhi
Causes epidemic typhus
R. prowazekii
Causes diphtheria
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Causes tuberculosis
M. tuberculosis
Causes pneumonia and other respiratory infections
S. pneumoniae
Often antibiotic induced diarrhea
C. difficile
May cause food poisoning, can appear milky white with irregular shapes when cultured on blood agar
B. cereus
Bacterial pharyngitis (strep throat) and skin infections
S. pyogenes
Causes botulism
C. botulinum
Found on human skin, opportunistic pathogen. Infection associated with intravenous catheters.
S. epidermidis
Causes anthrax.
B. antheracis
Causes food poisoning and gangrene.
C. perfringens
Skin infections, wound infections, can cause food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. Is often antibiotic resistant.
S. aureus
Causes tetanus
C. tetani
Causes Hansen's disease
M. leprae
Causes dental carries
S. mutans
Colonizes the blood and the brain after being transmitted via the bite of a tsetse fly. Cause African trypanosomiasis
T. brucei
Causes diarrheal illness and is spread
Giardia lablia
Deadly parasite found in warm, fresh water. Causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
Naegleria fowleri
Causes histoplasmosis.
Histoplasm capsulatum
Causes keratitis
Acanthamoeba
Causes human STD known as trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis
Transmitted by cysts in feces and is the primary cause of amoebic dysentery.
E. histolytica
Causes the serious lung disease Valley Fever
Coccidoides immits
A common yeast that forms pseudohyphae, vaginal yeast yeast infections
Candida albicans
The only parasitic ciliate that affects humans by causing intestinal illness
B. coli
Causes American trypanosomiasis (chagas disease)
T. cruzi
Used in baking and brewing beer.
Saccharomyces
A contaminant of nuts and stored grains, produces an aflatoxin that is both a toxin & a potent natural carcinogen
Aspergillus flavus
Causes chronic gastritis, can lead to ulcers and stomach cancer
Helicobacter
Causes whooping cough
B. pertussis
Can cause both upper & lower respiratory tract infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia
H. influenzae
Indicator of fecal contamination, causes foodborne disease and UTIs
E. coli
Cause of gonorrhoea
N. gonorrhoeae
Cause bacillary dysentery
Shigella
Cause legionellosis or Legionnaires disease
L. pneumophila
Cause life threatening cellulitis
V. vulnificus
Cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
R. rickettsii
Causes trachoma and LGV
C. trachomatis
Causes the STI known as chancroid
H. ducreyi
Transmitted to humans via animal bites, causes infections of skin and deeper tissues
P. multocida
Causes plague
Y. pestis
Causes wound and urinary tract infections
P. aeruginosa
Causes gastroenteritis
Campylobacter
Cause of bacterial meningitis
N. meningitidis
Causes typhoid fever
S. typhi
Causes cholera
Vibrio cholerae
Causes epidemic murine typhus
R. typhi
Causes epidemic typhus
R. prowazekii
Causes diphtheria
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Causes tuberculosis
M. tuberculosis
Causes pneumonia and other respiratory infections
S. pneumoniae
Often antibiotic induced diarrhea
C. difficile
May cause food poisoning, can appear milky white with irregular shapes when cultured on blood agar
B. cereus
Bacterial pharyngitis (strep throat) and skin infections
S. pyogenes
Causes botulism
C. botulinum
Found on human skin, opportunistic pathogen. Infection associated with intravenous catheters.
S. epidermidis
Causes anthrax.
B. antheracis
Causes food poisoning and gangrene.
C. perfringens
Skin infections, wound infections, can cause food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. Is often antibiotic resistant.
S. aureus
Causes tetanus
C. tetani
Causes Hansen's disease
M. leprae
Causes dental carries
S. mutans