Common Names of Bacteria Flashcards by V S

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Bacillus anthracis

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Anthrax bacillus

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Bacillus subtilis

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Hay bacillus

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Brucella abortus

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Bang’s bacillus

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Clostridium noyvii
Clostridium oedematiens
Clostridium welchii

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Gas bacillus

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Clostridium tetani

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Tack head or Drumstick bacillus

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Kleb-Loeffler’s bacillus

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Eikenella corrodens

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Corroding bacterium

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Escherichia coli

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Colon bacillus

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Haemophilus aegyptius

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Koch-Weeks bacillus

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Haemophilus ducreyi

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Ducrey’s bacillus

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Haemophilus influenzae

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Pfeiffer’s bacillus

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Friedlander’s bacillus

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Legionella bozemanii

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Wiga agent

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Legionella micdadei

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Pittsburg Pneumonia agent

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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex

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Battey bacillus

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Mycobacterium gordonae

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Tap water bacillus

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Mycobacterium kansasii

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Yellow bacillus

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Hansen’s bacillus

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Mycobacterium terrae

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Raddish bacillus

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Tubercle bacillus or Koch bacillus

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Mycoplasma

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Pleuropneumoia like Organisms

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Eaton agent

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Neisseria gonorrheae

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Gonococcus

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Meningococcus

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Bacillus pyocyaneus

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Pseudomons mallei

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Glander’s bacillus

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Salmonella enteriditis

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Gartner’s bacillus

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Salmonella paratyphi

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Paratyphoid bacillus

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Salmonella typhi

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Typhoid bacillus or Eberth’s bacillus

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Serratia marcescens

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Bacillus prodigiosus

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Shigella boydii

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Neucastle-Manchester bacillus

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Shigella dysenterae

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Shiga’s bacillus

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Shigella flexneri

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Flexneri’s bacillus
Strong’s bacillus

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Shigella sonnei

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Duval’s bacillus

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Streptococcus penumoniae

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Penumococci

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Beta hemolytic streptococci

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Streptococcus viridans

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Alpha hemolytic streptococci

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Vibrio cholerae

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Comma bacillus

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Yersinia pestis

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Plague bacillus