Types of Pathogenic Bactetia

Question 1

Staphylococci

Answer 1

Puss-forming bacteria, grows in clusters, causing abscesses, pustules, and boils.
Example: food poison, toxic shock syndrome, and MRSA.

Question 2

Streptococci

Answer 2

Puss-forming, arranged in curved lines, can cause infections such as strep throat and blood poisoning.

Question 3

Diplococci

Answer 3

Spherical bacteria, causing infections like pneumonia.

Question 4

Bacilli

Answer 4

Short, rod shaped. Causing diseases like tetanus (lockjaw)c, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and diphtheria.

Question 5

Spirilla

Answer 5

Corkscrew-like, causing sexually transmitted infections and in part Lyme disease.