Bacteria Classifications Flashcards
Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Spirochetes (1): (Gram-negative, helical, move by axial filaments)
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Spirochetes (1): (Gram-negative, helical, move by axial filaments)
Helicobacter pylori (Peptide ulcers)
Aerobic, Motile, Helical Gram-Negative Bacteria (2): (move by flagella, helical or comma-shaped)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Urinary tract infections, burns, and wounds)
Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci (4): (some contain pigments or
oxidase, some have fastidious nutritional requirements, some are obligate parasites)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Escherichia coli (Opportunistic infections of colon and other sites)
Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods (5): (some have peritrichous
flagella, many can be distinguished by their characteristics fermentation reactions,
includes Family Enterobacteriaceae, “Enteric” bacteria and “Coliforms”)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Salmonella typhi (Typhoid fever)
Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods (5): (some have peritrichous
flagella, many can be distinguished by their characteristics fermentation reactions,
includes Family Enterobacteriaceae, “Enteric” bacteria and “Coliforms”)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Salmonella enteritidis (Enteritis)
Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods (5): (some have peritrichous
flagella, many can be distinguished by their characteristics fermentation reactions,
includes Family Enterobacteriaceae, “Enteric” bacteria and “Coliforms”)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Vibrio cholerae (Cholera)
Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods (5): (some have peritrichous
flagella, many can be distinguished by their characteristics fermentation reactions,
includes Family Enterobacteriaceae, “Enteric” bacteria and “Coliforms”)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Haemophilus influenzae (Respiratory infections, meningitis)
Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods (5): (some have peritrichous
flagella, many can be distinguished by their characteristics fermentation reactions,
includes Family Enterobacteriaceae, “Enteric” bacteria and “Coliforms”)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Chlamydia trachomatis (Trachoma, inclusion conjunctivitis, nongonococcal
urethritis, lymphogranuloma venereum)
Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae (9): (obligate, intracellular parasites; chlamydiae form reticulate
and elementary bodies)(thin reduced wall but not actually gram-negative)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
Staphylococcus aureus (Skin abscesses, opportunistic infections)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Gram-Positive Cocci (12): (aerobic to strictly anaerobic; non-spore
forming; typically pyogenic [pus forming])
Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep throat and other respiratory infections, skin
and other abscesses, opportunistic infections)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Gram-Positive Cocci (12): (aerobic to strictly anaerobic; non-spore
forming; typically pyogenic [pus forming])
Streptococcus pneumoniae (Strep throat and other respiratory infections,
skin and other abscesses, puerperal fever, opportunistic infections)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Gram-Positive Cocci (12): (aerobic to strictly anaerobic; non-spore
forming; typically pyogenic [pus forming])
Enterococcus faecalis (Normal flora)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Gram-Positive Cocci (12): (aerobic to strictly anaerobic; non-spore
forming; typically pyogenic [pus forming])
Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax, food poisoning; source of the antibiotic bacitracin)
Endospore-Forming, Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci (13): (aerobic to strictly
anaerobic; some motile and some nonmotile)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Clostridium tetani (Tetanus)
Endospore-Forming, Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci (13): (aerobic to strictly
anaerobic; some motile and some nonmotile)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Clostridium perfringens (gas gangrene)
Endospore-Forming, Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci (13): (aerobic to strictly
anaerobic; some motile and some nonmotile)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Clostridium difficile (bacteremia)
Endospore-Forming, Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci (13): (aerobic to strictly
anaerobic; some motile and some nonmotile)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Clostridium botulinum (Tetanus, botulism gas gangrene, and bacteremia)
Endospore-Forming, Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci (13): (aerobic to strictly
anaerobic; some motile and some nonmotile)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Listeria monocytogenes (Listeriosis)
Regular Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods (14): (facultatively or strictly anaerobic;
nonmotile)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis, leprosy and chronic infections)
Mycobacteria (16): (gram-positive, acid-fast)
Division II: Thick wall or Gram positive
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Atypical pneumonia, urogenital infections)
Division III: No wall
Mycoplasmas (10): (lack cell walls, extremely small)
Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae (9): (obligate, intracellular parasites; chlamydiae form reticulate
and elementary bodies)(thin reduced wall but not actually gram-negative)
Division I: Thin Wall or Gram negative
