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Dr. Cop's Microbes#3
Microbe | Disorder / Activity |
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Bacillus cereus | occasional foodborne illness |
Staphylococcus aureus | food poisoning, nosocomial infections |
Lactobacillus bifidus | ferment milk - yogurt |
Listeria monocytogenes | listeriosis (foodborne illness) |
Enteroccus faecalis & faecium | UTI and wound infections |
Streptococcus thermophilus | ferment milk - yogurt |
Streptococcus epidermidis | normal skin flora |
Streptococcus aureus | nosocomial infections |
Streptococcus mutans | dental caries |
Streptococcus pyogenes | strept throat, rh fever, glomerulonephritis |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | pneumonococcal pneumonia and meningitis |
Mycoplasma pneumoniae | milk pneumonia |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae | diphtheria |
Gardnerella vaginalis | vaginosis |
Nocardia asteroids | pulmonary & hand/foot infection |
Spreptomyces supp | produce many antibiotics |
Propionibacterium acnes | acne, make proprionic acid (Swiss cheese) |
Chlamydis tachomatis | trachoma, STD |
Chalamydophilia psittaci | psittacosis (ornithosis) |
Leptospira interrogans | leptospirosis |
Treponema pallidum | syphilis |
Cyanobacteria spp. (Anabena) | oxygenic photosyntheis |
Purple and green bacteria | anoxygenic photosyntheis |
Hyperthermophiles, methanogens, halophiles | are Archaea |