remaining reports of chapter 19-24 Flashcards
colorless and transparent under normal conditions
spirochaeta
microaerophilic or aerobic that inhabit environment of their hosts and their vectors
Borrelia
cause Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
found in moist environment, particularly in water contaminated with animal urine
Leptospira
causes Leptospirosis
Leptospira interrogans
causes syphilis
Treponema pallidum
causes gingivitis
Treponema denticola
non endospore-forming bacilli that make up the most substantial portion of the mammalian gastrointestinal microbiota
Bacteroides
harmless and part of normal gut flora
Bacteroides
rod shaped cells with round ends containing polar lipoid bodies
Beijerincka
known to produce slimes, particularly extracellular polysaccharides
Beijerincka
rod shaped and form hyphae through budding
Hyphomicrobium
nonmotile, aerobic, gram-negative cocci that most often occur in pairs with adjacent sides flattened
Neisseria
causes menigitis
Neisseria meningitidis
use poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate as their carbon reserve
Burkholderia
it can survive in various environment including contaminated medical equipment
Burkholderia
alkaline tolerance, and produce a characteristic fruity odor or an ammonia-like smell
Alcaligenes
helical filaments that lack cell wall and are plant pathogens
Spiroplasma
causes citrus stubborn disease
Spiroplasma citri
male-killing in fruit flies
Spiroplasma poulsunii
plant and insect pathogen that lack flagella and is pleomorphic
Acholesplasma
form true endospores, peritrichously flagellated
Bacillus
bacteria that can be medically important as antibiotics and probiotcs
Bacillus
in food industry, fermentation of certain foods and poultry
Bacillus
causes anthrax
Bacillus anthracis
causes emetic illness and diarrhea
Bacillus cereus
multicellular rods, disk shaped cells, form chains, nonsporing, and have acetate as carbon reserve
Caryophanum
rod shaped, true endospores
Paenibacillus
rod shaped, betaproteobacteria that oxidizes ammonia to nitrite
Nitrosomonas
known as nitrifiers
Nitrosomonas
short, rod-shaped bacteria that uses methanol as a carbon and energy source
Methylophilus
sulfur-oxidizing bacteria that lacks extensive internal membrane systems
Thiobacillus
typical purple sulfur bacteria that have bacteriochlorophylls
Chromatium
bacteria that can cause foodborne and waterborne illness
Escherichia
facultatively straight rods with simple nutritional requirements
Escherichia