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| 54668873 | Systematic bacteriology | classifies bacteria via evolutionary or genetic relationships | |
| 54668874 | determinative bacteriology | classifies bacteria by cell wall composition, morphology, biochemical tests, differential staining, etc. | |
| 54668875 | prokaryotic | pre-nucleus; genetic material not enclosed in membrane | |
| 54668876 | bacteria and archaea | two domains of prokaryotes | |
| 54668877 | phylum proteobacteria | contains most of gram (-) bactria, ribosomal RNA studies to find relationships, 5 classes : alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon | |
| 54668878 | photolithotroph | cyanobacteria, nitrogen fixing | |
| 54668879 | chemolithotroph | nitrifying, archaea, use inorganic chemical elements from earth | |
| 54668880 | photoorganotroph | use organic electron donors, opportunistic, use sunlight but heterotrophic | |
| 54668881 | chemoorganotroph | aerobic, anaerobic, parasitic, saprobes, decomposers, opportunistic; most bacteria | |
| 54668882 | alphaproteobacteria | nitrogen fixation | |
| 54668883 | cat-scratch disease, Bartonella | B. hensela; opportunistic alphaproteobacteria | |
| 54668884 | Brucellosis | Brucella, can survive phagocytosis | |
| 54668885 | Rickettsia: Arthropod-borne, spotted fevers | passed on by ticks, vector for bacteria, alphaproteobacteria | |
| 54668886 | Rocky Mountain spotted fever | R. rickettsii | |
| 54668887 | Agrobacterium | insert plasmid into plant cells, used to make GM products, alphaproteobacteria | |
| 54668888 | Rhizobium | nitrogen fixing bacteria in plant root nodules, opportunistic | |
| 54668889 | N. meningitidis | meningitidis, leads to inflammation of meninges- membrane around brain, neisseria, betaproteobacteria, chemoorganotroph | |
| 54668890 | N. gonorrhoeae | pathogen, STD, neisseria, usually inhabits mammals' mucous membranes, betaproteobacteria, chemoorganotroph | |
| 54668891 | pseudomonas | opportunistic pathogens, metabolically diverse, polar flagella, binary fission, common soil bacteria, gammaproteobacteria | |
| 54668892 | L. pneumophilia | leads to legionellosis/legionnaire's disease, legionella, found in streams, warm water pipes, cooling towers, spread by exhaled water droplets, problem during wartime, gammaproteobacteria | |
| 54668893 | escherichia | commonly found in human intestines (enteric), can cause serious food borne disease, but help make vitamins, break down food in colon; gram (-) | |
| 54668894 | salmonella | almost all members of this genera are potential pathogens, commonly cause food poisoning, commonly found on poultry products | |
| 54668895 | serratia | found on catheters, in saline irrigation solutions, other "sterile" solutions | |
| 54668896 | proteus | very motile genera, many flagella, common soil bacteria, cause secondary infection, cause UTI's or wound infections | |
| 54668897 | Heliobacter | multiple flagella, peptic ulcers, stomach cancer; H. pyloris is an example on one- feeds on lining of stomach | |
| 54668898 | epsilonproteobacteria | do well in acidic environments | |
| 54668899 | cynobacteria | aquatic, do oxygenic photosynthesis, fix nitrogen | |
| 54668900 | heterocysts | specialized cells in cyanobacteria that fix nitrogen | |
| 54668901 | Clostridium | gram (+), produces endospores, dangerous, obligate anaerobes (can't grow/reproduce in O2), puncture wounds | |
| 54668902 | C. tetani | tetanus, neurological toxin, kills by causing respiratory failure, in animals, called lockjaw, gram (+) | |
| 54668903 | C. botulinum | botulism, most poisonous substance on earth, home canning, gram (+) | |
| 54668904 | C. perfringens | gas gangrene, produce exotoxins that kill surrounding tissue, then grows into dead tissue b/c only grow in absence of O2, large wound site, gram (+) | |
| 54668905 | C. difficile | serious diarrhea especially when undergoing antibiotic therapy, in small intestine, feeds on intestine, gram (+) | |
| 54668906 | B. Anthracis | bacillus, endospore producer, rod, cause anthrax, gram (+) | |
| 54668907 | S. aureus | staphylococcus that causes lots of hospital infections, common skin bacteria, gram (+) | |
| 54668908 | MRSA | methcillin resistant S. aureus: flesh eating bacteria, gram (+) | |
| 54668909 | streptococcus | genus responsible for more diseases than any other bacteria group, includes pneumonia, strep throat, cavities, scarlet fever | |
| 54668910 | actinobacteria/actinomycetes | high G + C levels in DNA, gram (+), fungus-like growth, includes TB (aka consumption) | |
| 54668911 | M. tuberculosis | mycobacterium that causes TB | |
| 54668912 | M. leprae | causes leprosy | |
| 54668913 | propinonibacterium | make cheese, cause acne | |
| 54668914 | streptomyces | produce antibiotics | |
| 54668915 | syphilis | ulcers, surface ulcers, systemic, neuralsypphilis, blindness, insanity, necrosis | |
| 54668916 | chlamydia | STD, obligate cell parasite, ATP parasite-- can't make their own ATP | |
| 54668917 | methanobacterium | thermophilic archaea, methanogen, lives in ocean trenches, consume methyl hydrate, live in cow's guts | |
| 54668918 | halobacterium | halophilic archaea, lives where there's high salt concentrations |
