Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis
*Acid Fast* Gram positive Bacillus

Salmonella typhi

typhoid fever
Gram negative Bacillus

Bacillus anthracis

anthrax
Gram positive Bacillus

Bordetella pertussis

Pertussis - "whooping cough"
Gram-negative aerobic coccobacillus

Borrelia burgdorferi

Lyme disease
Gram negative spirochete

Clostridium botulinum

botulism - type of food poisoning
bio-warfare agent
Gram positive bacillus

Corynebacterium deiptheriae

diptheria
gram positive bacillus - V shaped

Enterobacter aerogenes

Enterbacteriaceae Family - normal flora
Gram negative bacillus

Escherichia coli

food poisoning, normal flora
*0157:h7 = deadly*
Gram negative bacillus

Haemophilus influenzae

pink eye, ear/sinus infections
Gram negative bacillus

Klebsiella pneumoniae

potentially fatal pneumonia
Gram negative bacillus

Lactobacillus acidophilus

normal flora
gram positive bacillus

Neisseria meningitidis

meningococcemia and menigococcal meningitis
Gram negative Diplococcus

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

nosocomial agent,
swimmers ear,
corneal ulcers
gram negative bacillius

Staphylococcus aureus

MRSA
scalded skin syndrome
Gram positive coccus

Streptococcus pyogenes

strep throat, impetigo
Gram positive coccus

Treponema pallidum

syphilis
Gram negative spirochete

Streptomyces venezuelae

gram positive cells
produces antibiotic chloramphenicol

Bacillus cereus

some forms of food poisoning
Gram positive bacillus

Clostridium difficile

normal flora - intestines
nosocomial

Clostridium perfringens

gas gangrene

Clostridium tetani

tetanus

Mycobacterium leprae

Leprosy
Hansen's disease
acid fast bacteria

Neisseria gonorrhoea

Gonorrhea

Streptomyces griseus

gram positive cells
produces antibiotic streptomycin

Vibrio cholerae

cholera