Bacteria Classifications Flashcards
Gram-positive anaerobic cocci
-Peptococcus
-Peptostreptococcus
Gram-positive aerobic catalase+/coagulase+ cocci
Staphylococcus aureus
Gram-positive aerobic catalase+/coagulase- cocci
CoNS (Staphylococcus epidermidis)
Gram-positive aerobic catalase- alpha-hemolysis (partial hemolysis) cocci
-Streptococcus pneumoniae
-Viridans streptococci
Gram-positive aerobic catalase- beta-hemolysis (full hemolysis) cocci
-Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
-Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)
Gram-positive aerobic catalase- gamma-hemolysis (Nonhemolytic) cocci
-Enterococcus faecium
-Enterococcus faecalis
Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming bacilli
-Clostridium spp.
-Clostridioides difficile
Gram-positive anaerobic non-spore-forming bacilli
-Cutibacterium
-Actinomyces
Gram-positive aerobic spore-forming bacilli
Bacillus spp.
Gram-positive aerobic non-spore-forming bacilli
-Corynebacterium
-Lactobacillus spp.
-Listeria monocytogenes
Gram-negative aerobic cocci
-Neisseria spp.
-Moraxella catarrhalis
Gram-negative aerobic coccobacilli
Haemophilus spp.
Gram-negative aerobic enterobacteriales lactose-fermenting (oxidase negative) bacilli
-Citrobacter spp.
-Enterobacter spp.
-E. coli
-Klebsiella spp.
Gram-negative aerobic enterobacteriales non-lactose-fermenting bacilli
-Morganella morganii
-Proteus spp.
-Providencia spp.
-Salmonella spp.
-Serratia marcescens
-Shigella spp.
Gram-negative aerobic lactose-fermenting (oxidase-positive) bacilli
-Aeromonas hydrophila
-Pasteurella multocida
-Vibrio cholerae
Gram-negative aerobic non-lactose-fermenting bacilli
-Pseudomonas spp.
-Acinetobacter spp.
-Alcaligenes spp.
-Burkholderia cepacia
-Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Gram-negative aerobic fastidious bacilli
-Campylobacter
-Helicobacter
-Bartonella
-HACEK organisms
Atypical bacteria
-Chlamydia pneumoniae
-Chlamydia trachomatis
-Legionella pneumophila
-Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Spirochetes bacteria
-Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
-Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
