Overview of Microbes

Question 1

List gram negative bacteria

Answer 1

• Escherichia coli
• Helicobacter pylori
• Salmonella enteriditis
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Vibrio cholerae
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Treponema pallidum
• Legionella pneumophilia

Question 2

List gram positive bacteria

Answer 2

• Bacillus subtilis
• Clostridiodes difficile
• Clostridium botulinum
• Clostridium tetani
• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Streptococcus aureus
• Streptococcus epidermidis
• Corynebacterium diphtheriae
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Listeria monocytogenes

Question 3

Eukarya important in oral health and disease

Answer 3

• Candida albicans (C. glabrata, C. krusei, C. tropicalis, C. dubliniensis)
• Entamoeba gingivalis
• Trichomonas tenax

Question 4

Bacteria important to oral health and disease

Answer 4

• Actinobacteria (Actinomyces naeslundii - A. oris, Bifidobacterium dentium, Scardovia wiggsiae)
• Bacteroidetes (Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Prevotella intermedia, Capnocytophaga ochraceo)
• Firmicutes (Mutans streptococci - Strep mutans, Strep sobrinus - Mitis Strep - sanguinis, oralis, mitis, gordonii, parasanguinus, cristatus - Anginosus strep - anginosus, constellatus, intermedius - Lactobacillus acidophilus, Filifacter alocis, Parvimonas micra, Veillonella parvula)
• Fusobacteria (fusobacterium nucleatum)
• Proteobacteria (Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans)
• Spirochetes (Treponema denticola)

Question 5

Archaea involved in oral health and disease

Answer 5

• Euryarchaeota (Methanobrevibacter oralis)
• Coronaviruses (MERS-VoV, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2)
• Coxsackie Viruses
• Human Herpesviruses (HHV1-5)
• Orthomyxovirviridae (Influenza)
• Papillomaviruses (HPV)
• Paramyxoviruses (Measles mumps, Mumps virus)
• Retroviruses (HIV)