Name the criteria for grouping bacteria
Nucleic acid, staining, cell shape/size, arrangements, flagella, endospores, capsules, pH, temperature, oxygen
What is a species?
Groups of strains that are genetically similar
What is a strain?
bacteria that grows from a single pure culture
What bacteria grows in soil, takes nutrients from plants, and fixes nitrogen?
Azospirillum
What bacteria can change shape?
Proteobacteria
What bacteria is rod shaped and transmitted by insects?
Rickettsia
What bacteria causes typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
Rickettsia
What bacteria lives in soil, and causes tumors in plants? (Crown gall)
Agrobacterium
What bacteria from sheaths and limy coats on rocks?
Sphaerotilus
What bacteria causes sewage treatment problems?
Sphaerotilus
What bacteria has polar flagella and can break down organic matter?
Burkholderia
What bacteria has nonmotile aerobic rods?
Bordetella
What bacteria causes whooping cough?
Bordetella
What bacteria lives in mucus membranes of animals?
Neisseria
What bacteria causes gonorrhea and meningococcal meningitis?
Neisseria
What bacteria is used for sewage treatment plans?
Zoogloea
Common in soil, decomposes pesticides, resistant to antibiotics, grows in refrigerator + antiseptics
Psuedomonas
Can cause unitary tract infections and harm burn patients?
Psuedomonas
What causes conjunctivitis? (Pink eye)
Moraxella
What bacteria is comma shaped and transmitted by raw/uncooked shellfish?
Vibrio
What bacteria causes Cholera?
Vibrio
What are enteric?
Bacteria that live in intestines
What type of bacteria is anaerobic, has peritrichous flagella, and inhibits the growth of other bacteria through proteins?
Enterics
What causes travelers diarrhea and E. coli poisoning?
Escherichia
What can be found in poultry and cattle and can contaminate food?
Salmonella
What causes typhoid fever and salmonellosis?
Salmonella
What is carried by rats and can be transmitted to humans by fleas?
Yersinia
What causes bubonic plague?
Yersinia
What causes puemonia and septicemia?
Pasturella
What causes earaches, veneral disease, and chancroid?
Haemophilus
What produces sulfur as a waste product, corrodes pipes, and is toxic to fish?
Desulfovibrio
What causes peptic users and stomach cancer?
Helicobacter
What bacteria is also known as blue-green algae?
Cyanobacteria
What bacteria produces endospores, is obligate anaerobic, and resistant to heat and chemicals?
Clostridium
What causes tetanus, botulism, and gangrene?
Clostridium
What is used in insecticides and causes anthrax?
Bacillus
What bacteria forms yellow colonies that are resistant to bacteria and produce toxins?
Staphylococcus
What causes toxic shock syndrome and staph infections?
Staphylococcus
What bacteria is used to produce yogurt, pickles, buttermilk, and sauerkraut?
Lactobacillus
What bacteria genus causes more illness than any other?
Streptococcus
What causes street throat, sore throat, impetigo, and rheumatic fever?
Streptococcus
What bacteria has no cell wall, is pleomorphic, and has a fried egg appearance?
Mycoplasma
What bacteria causes tuberculosis and leprosy?
Mycobacteria
What bacteria causes diphtheria and is club shaped?
Corynebacterium
What bacteria is found on the skin and causes acne?
Propionibacreria
What bacteria is fungus-like and produces antibiotics?
Streptomyces
What bacteria can form filaments and causes cavities?
Actinomyces
What bacteria causes lung disease and mycetoma?
Nocardia
What bacteria does not have peptidoglycan and causes trachoma, nongonococcal, and urethritus
Chlamydiae
What bacteria causes Lyme disease and swims in a corkscrew motion?
Borrelia
What bacteria causes syphilis?
Treponema
What bacteria is anaerobic and causes peritonitis?
Bacteroids