Tuberculosis
*Acid Fast* Gram positive Bacillus

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

typhoid fever
Gram negative Bacillus

Salmonella typhi

anthrax
Gram positive Bacillus

Bacillus anthracis

Pertussis - "whooping cough"
Gram-negative aerobic coccobacillus

Bordetella pertussis

Lyme disease
Gram negative spirochete

Borrelia burgdorferi

botulism - type of food poisoning
bio-warfare agent
Gram positive bacillus

Clostridium botulinum

diptheria
gram positive bacillus - V shaped

Corynebacterium deiptheriae

Enterbacteriaceae Family - normal flora
Gram negative bacillus

Enterobacter aerogenes

food poisoning, normal flora
*0157:h7 = deadly*
Gram negative bacillus

Escherichia coli

pink eye, ear/sinus infections
Gram negative bacillus

Haemophilus influenzae

potentially fatal pneumonia
Gram negative bacillus

Klebsiella pneumoniae

normal flora
gram positive bacillus

Lactobacillus acidophilus

meningococcemia and menigococcal meningitis
Gram negative Diplococcus

Neisseria meningitidis

nosocomial agent,
swimmers ear,
corneal ulcers
gram negative bacillius

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

MRSA
scalded skin syndrome
Gram positive coccus

Staphylococcus aureus

strep throat, impetigo
Gram positive coccus

Streptococcus pyogenes

syphilis
Gram negative spirochete

Treponema pallidum

gram positive cells
produces antibiotic chloramphenicol

Streptomyces venezuelae

some forms of food poisoning
Gram positive bacillus

Bacillus cereus

normal flora - intestines
nosocomial

Clostridium difficile

gas gangrene

Clostridium perfringens

tetanus

Clostridium tetani

Leprosy
Hansen's disease
acid fast bacteria

Mycobacterium leprae

Gonorrhea

Neisseria gonorrhoea

gram positive cells
produces antibiotic streptomycin

Streptomyces griseus

cholera

Vibrio cholerae