Answer:

Actinomyces (Gram +)

Filamentous

Respiratory Diseases, cavities

Bacillus (Gram +)

Endospore

B. anthracis: anthrax

Other strains, food poisoning

Clostridium (Gram +)

OBLIGATE Anaerobe Endospore

C. tetani: tetanus

C. perfringens: food poison, gas gangrene

C. botulinum: botulism

Corynebacterium (Gram +)

Pleiomorphic

C. Diphtheriae

Enterococcus (Gram +)

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VANCOMYCIN Resistant E__________ (VRE)

Gardnerella (Gram +)

Rods

Vaginitis

Lactobacillus (Gram +)

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Vaginal Flora

Listeria (Gram +)

Rods

Fetal Pathogens

Newborn meningitis

Mycobacterium (Gram +)

Acid Fast

M leprae

M tuberculosis

Mycoplasma (Gram +)

No cell Wall

Walking pneumonia

Nocardia (Gram +)

Filamentous

Respiratory Diseases

Propionibacterium (Gram +)

Rods

Acne

Staphylococcus (Gram +)

Cocci in clusters

S epidermidis

S aureus

Methicillin Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)

Vancomycin Resistant Staph aureus (VRSA)

Streptococcus (Gram +)

COCCI IN CHAINS

S pneumonia: Alpha hemolysis

S pyogenes: Beta hemolysis

S mutans: Cavities

Streptomyces (Gram +)

Filamentous

Antibiotics

Acetobacter (gram -)

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Acetic acid from ethanol

Borrelia (gram -)

Spirochete

Lyme Disease

Arthropod borne

Bortadella (gram -)

Rod Aerobe

B. Pertussis

Burkholderia (gram -)

Rod Aerobe

B cepacia:

Cystic Fibrosis patients!!

Campylobacter (gram -)

CURVED Rod

GI infections

Chlamydia (gram -)

Obligate Intercellular Parasite (<--O.I.P)

STD

Trachoma (blindness)

Pneumonia

Enterobacter (gram -)

Rod

OPPORTUNISTIC UTI (urinary tract infections)

Escherichia (gram -)

{E. COLI}

Rod

Normal GI tract

O157:H7 strain

Fusobacterium (gram -)

Rod Anaerobe

Gingivitis

Helicobacter (gram -)

CURVED ROD

Peptic Ulcer

Hemophilus (gram -)

ROD

H influenzae

URI (upper respiratory infections)

Epiglottitis

Meningitis

Otitis

Klebsiella (gram -)

ROD

Hemorrhagic pneumoniae

Legionella (gram -)

ROD AEROBES

pneumonia

Leptospiria (gram -)

SPIROCHETE

leptospirosis

Neisseria (gram -)

AEROBE DIPLOCOCCUS

N gonorrheae

N meningitidis

Nitrobacter (gram -)

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Nitrogen fixing bacteria

Proteus (gram -)

ROD

"Opportunistic UTI

Pseudomonas (gram -)

ROD AEROBES

Pyocyanin (blue-green pigment)

Nosocomiel infections (aquired at a hospital)

Burn patinets!!!

"Cystic Fibrosis patients!!!

Rickettsia (gram -)

Obligate Intercellular Parasite (<-- O.I.P)

Rocky Mtn spotted fever

"Enter host through vectors (term: arthropod borne)

Salmonella (gram -)

ROD

typhus

Food poisoning

Serratia (gram -)

ROD

"Opportunistic UTI

Respiratory Infections

Shigella (gram -)

ROD

Dysentery

Thiobacter (gram -)

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Sulfur reducing

Treponema (gram -)

SPIROCHETE

T pallidum -syphilis

Vibrio (gram -)

CURVED ROD

Cholera

GI disease

Yersinia (gram -)

ROD

plague