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Clostridium (Low G + C / Phyla: Firmicutes ) |
endospore-producing, obligate anaerobes, include disease causing C. tetani, C. botulinum, C. perfringens |
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Bacillus (Low G + C /
Phyla: Firmicutes
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endospore-producing rods, B. anthracis causes anthrax, B. cereus causes food poisoning |
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Staphylococcus (Bacillales) (Low G + C /
Phyla: Firmicutes
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grape like clusters, S. aureus causes wound infections, is often antibiotic resistant, and produces an enterotoxin |
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Lactobacillales (Low G + C /
Phyla: Firmicutes
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aerotolerant anaerobes; produce lactic acid from simple carbohydrates |
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Lactobacillus (Low G + C /
Phyla: Firmicutes
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colonize the body and are used commercially in food production |
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Streptococcus (lacto) (Low G + C /
Phyla: Firmicutes
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spherical in chains, produce enzymes that destroy tissue |
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Beta-hemolytic streptococci |
hemolyze blood agar (includes S. pyogenes) |
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Non-beta hemolytic streptococci |
include S. pneumonias and S. mutants which causes dental caries |
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Mycoplasmatales (Low G + C /
Phyla: Firmicutes
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lack a cell wall; pleomorphic, M. pneumoniae causes mild pneumonia |
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High G + C / Phyla: Actinobacteria |
often pleomorphic; branching filaments, often common inhabitants of soil |
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Mycobacterium (High G + C / Phyla: Actinobacteria ) |
outermost layer of mycelia acids that is waxy and water resistant, often slow growing, M. tuberculosis, M. leprae causes leprosy |
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Corynebacterium (High G + C /
Phyla: Actinobacteria
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C. diphtheriae causes diphtheria, often club-shaped and form V shapes or palisades, referred to as coryneforms or diphtheroids, chinese letters |
