BACTERIA III Flashcards
types of GRAM-POSITIVE
cocci
spore-forming
types of GRAM-NEGATIVE
neisseria
spirochetes
chlamydia
ricketssia
what are the UNIQUE BACTERIAs
chlamydia, ricketssia and closely related bacteria
mycoplasmas
especially large and especially small bacteria
cause of diarrhea
vibrio parahaemolyticus
cause of cholera
vibrio cholerae
common cause of diarrhea
campylobacer spp.
cause of syphilis
treponema pallidum
causative agents of Lyme disease
borelia spp.
disease include typhus and typhus-like diseases
ricketssia spp.
disease include trachoma, inclusion conjunctivitis, and nongonococcal urethritis
c. trachomatis
cause of a type of pneumonia
c. pneumoniae
- do not produce oxygen, process called anoxygenic photosynthesis
- photosynthesis takes place in plastids
Purple and green bacteria
cause of psittacosis
c. psittaci
- produce oxygen, called oxygenic photosynthesis
- photosynthesis takes place on thylakoids
cyanobacteria