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Glossary of bugs of the week

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Chlamydia trachomatis
Causes:
Planctomyces spp.
difficult to culture (510% success)
e.g. M. pneumoniae
smallest known cells (0.25um)
filamentous sulfur oxidizer
e.g. T. aquaticus
thermophile (4085ºC)
Aquifex spp.
thermophile (6095ºC)
Thermotoga spp.
hyperthermophilic (5590ºC)
Escherichia coli
gut of mammalsk
Bacteroides spp.
dominant microbe in large intestine
Clostridium spp.
forms endospores
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
yeast
Propionibacterium spp.
on human skin (perspiration)
e.g. Anabaena azollae
cyanobacteria in fresh water
Synechococcus spp.
cyanobacteria in salt water
Chromatium spp.
Purple Sulfur bacteria
Pelodictyon spp.
Green Sulfur bacteria
Rhodopseudomonas spp.
Purple nonSulfur bacteria
Chloroflexus spp.
green, filamentous
e.g. Staphylococcus aureus
part of natural human flora
Methanogens
Archaea
Methylotrophs
consume CH4
Giardia lamblia
protist
Entamoeba histolytica
protist
Trichomonas vaginalis
parabasalian
Trypanosoma brucei
kinetoplastid
Plasmodium falciparum
ciliate
Borrelia burgdorferi
Ixodes dammini
deer tick
Pseudomonas spp.
gram negativerod
Nitrosomonas spp.
gram negative
Desulfovibrio spp.
Streptococcus spp.
Azotobacter spp.
Streptomyces spp.
actinomycete
*Bacillus anthracis
Agrobacterium spp.
Rhizobium spp.
associates with the roots of legumes
Halobacterium spp.
extreme halophile
Thermoproteus spp.
obligate thermophile
e.g. N. gonorrheeae, N. meningitides
inhabits mucosal surfaces
e.g. S. Enteritidis, S. Typhi
Gram negative rod
Campylobacter spp.
e.g. C. jejuni
Gram negative curvedrod
Thermococcus celer
Archaea
Frankia spp.,
aerobic
e.g. S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes
Gram positive cocci

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