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Microorganisms and the basics about them
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
05/01/2012

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Term
Heliobacter pylori
Definition

Bacteria(Domain);

Proteobacteria (Phylum);

Epsilon Proteobacteria (Class);

Campylobacterales (Order);

Helicobacteraceae (Family);

Helicobacter (Genus)


gram-negative, causes stomach ulcers

Term
Esherichia coli
Definition

Bacteria (Domain);

Proteobacteria (Phylum);

Gamma Proteobacteria (Class);

Enterobacteriales (Order);

Enterobacteriaceae (Family);

Escherichia (Genus)


aerobic, gram negative

Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition

Domain: Bacteria

Kingdom: Bacteria

Phylum: Firmicutes

Class: Cocci

Order: Bacillales

Family: Staphylococcaceae

Genus: Staphylococcus


causes staph, gram positive

Term
Methanothermobacter
Definition

Archaea;

Euryarchaeota;

Methanobacteria;

Methanobacteriales;

Methanobacteriaceae

Term
 Magnetospirillum magneticum
Definition

Bacteria;

Proteobacteria;

Alphaproteobacteria;

Rhodospirillales;

Rhodospirillaceae;

Magnetospirillum


gram negative, iron and nitrate reduction

Term
Flavobacterium
Definition

Bacteria; Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group;

Bacteroidetes;

Flavobacteria;

Flavobacteriales;

Flavobacteriaceae

Term
Micrococcus
Definition

Bacteria;

Actinobacteria;

Actinobacteria (class);

Actinobacteridae;

Actinomycetales;

Micrococcineae;

Micrococcaceae

Term
Caulobacter crescentus 
Definition

Bacteria

Proteobacteria

Alphaproteobacteria

Caulobacteralus

Caulobacteraceae;

Caulobacter

gram negative, marine organism

Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition

Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Firmicutes Class: Bacilli Order: LactobacillalesFamily: StreptococcaceaeGenus: Streptococcus 

 

gram-positive flesh eating bacteria

 

 

Term
Pyrococcus (horikoshii)
Definition

Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae



Term

Allivibrio fischeri

 

Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Vibrionales; Vibrionaceae; Vibrio; Vibrio fischeri

 

gram-positive, quorum sensing

Term
Aspergillus (nidulans)
Definition
Eukaryota; Fungi; Ascomycota; Pezizomycotina; Eurotiomycetes; Eurotiales; Trichocomaceae
Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Definition

Domain:Bacteria

Phylum:Firmicutes

Class:Cocci

Order:Lactobacillales

Family:Streptococcaceae

Genus:Streptococcus

Species:S. pneumoniae

gram-positive, causes pneumonia 

Term
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Definition

Kingdom:Fungi

Phylum:Ascomycota

Subphylum:Saccharomycotina

Class:Saccharomycetes

Order:Saccharomycetales

Family:Saccharomycetaceae

Genus:Saccharomyces

Species:S. cerevisiae

yeast used in baking

Term
Thiobacillus denitrificans
Definition

Domain: Bacteria;

Phylum: Proteobacteria;

Class: Betaproteobacteria;

Order: Hydrogenophilales;

Family: Hydrogenophilaceae;

Genus: Thiobacillus


 Gram-negative, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur oxidizing

Term
Gallionella ferruginea 
Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria: Nitrosomonadales; Gallionellace

 

iron-oxidizing chemolithotrophic

Term
 Brocadia anammoxidans
Definition

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Planctomycetes

Class: Planctomycetacia

Order: Planctomycetales

Family: unclassified Planctomycetales

Genus: Candidatus Brocadia


anarobically oxidize ammonia to dinitrogen gas

Term
Aquifex aeolicus
Definition

Bacteria; Aquificae; Aquificae (class); Aquificales; Aquificaceae; Aquifex 

 

most extreme thermophilic bacteria

Term
Rickettsia rickettsii
Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alpha Proteobacteria; Rickettsiales; Rickettsiaceae; Spotted fever group

 

causes rocky mountain spotted fever

Term
Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Definition

Domain: Bacteria, Phylum: Proteobacteria, Class: Alphaproteobacteria, Order: Rhizobiales, Family: Bradyrhizobiaceae

 

gram-negative nitrogen fixing bacteria

Term
Methylobacterium
Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Methylobacteriaceae

 

use methanol and methylamine as well as C2, C3 and C4 compounds to grow

Term
Salmonella enterica
Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae

 

 cause systemic infections and typhoid fevers

Term
Psuedomonas aeruginosa
Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadaceae

 

opportunistic pathogens

Term
Chromobacterium violaceum
Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria; Neisseriales; Neisseriaceae

 

 facultative anaerobic, oxidase-positive, glucose-fermenting, non-lactose-fermenting, Gram-negative bacillus, only infect humans through intake of contaminated food or water

Term
Nitrosomonas europaea
Definition
Domain: Prokaryota
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Nitrosomonadales
Family: Nitrosomonadaceae
Genus: Nitrosomonas
Species: N. europea

ammonia-oxidizing. 
Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Definition

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Probacteria

Class: Beta Probacteria Order: Neisseriales

Family: Neisseriaceae

 

gram-negative, causes gonorrhea

Term
Geobacter sulfurreducens
Definition
Bacteria ; Proteobacteria ; Deltaproteobacteria ; Desulfuromonadales ; Geobacteraceae
 
gram-negative,  oxidize organic compounds and couple that to the reduction of metals.
Term
Myxococcus fulvus
Definition
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria; Myxococcales; Cystobacterineae; Myxococcaceae
 
Gram-negative, spore-forming, chemoorganotrophic, obligate aerobes
Term
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
Definition

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria; Bdellovibrionales

 

parasite to other gram-negative bacteria

Term
Bacillus anthracis
Definition

Bacteria (domain); Firmicutes (phylum); Bacilli (class); Bacillales (order); Bacillaceae (family); Bacillus (genus)

anthrax

gram-positive, 

Term
Lactobacillus reuteri
Definition

Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Lactobacillaceae; Lactobacillus

 

gram-positive, heterifermentatic lactic acid bacterium 

Term
Deinococcus radiodurans
Definition

Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Deinococcales; Deinococcaceae; Deinococcus

 

radiation resistant

Term
Thermotoga maritima
Definition

Bacteria; Thermotogae; Thermotogae (class); Thermotogales; Thermotogaceae

 

active at all temeratures

Term
Chlorobium tepidum
Definition

Domain: Bacteria; Phylum: Chlorobi; Class: Chlorobia; Order: Chlorobiales; Family: Chlorobiaceae

 

anaerobic phototrophic bacterium that is also a thermophile

Term
Halobacterium salinarum
Definition

Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Halobacteriaceae; Halobacterium

 

halophilic

Term
Haloferax volcanii
Definition

Archaea, Euryarchaeota, Halobacteria, Halobacteriales, Halobacteriaceae, Haloferax

 

halophile in extreme saline environments

Term
Methanobrevibacter Smithii
Definition

Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanobacteria; Methanobacteriales; Methanobacteriaceae; Methanobrevibacter

 

methanogenic

Term
Methanospirillum hungatei
Definition

Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanomicrobia; Methanomicrobiales; Methanospirillaceae

 

methanogen used to treat organic wastes

Term
Methanosarcina barkeri
 
Definition

Archaea : Euryarchaeota : Methanomicrobia : Methanosarcinales : Methanosarcinaceae 

 

 

Term
Thermoplasma volcanium
Definition

Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermoplasmata; Thermoplasmatales; Thermoplasmataceae

 

thermi acidophile

Term
Nanoarchaeum equitans
Definition

Archaea; Nanoarchaeota

 

parasitic, hydrothermophilic

Term
Geogemma barossii
Definition

Domain: Archaea

Phylum: Crenarchaeota

Class: Thermoprotei

Order: Desulfurococcales

Family: Pyrodictiaceae

Genus: Geogemma

Species: G. barossii


hyperthermophile

Term
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Definition

Eukaryota; Fungi/Metazoa group; Fungi

 

very simple fungi

Term
Candida dubliniensis
Definition

Fungi, Ascomycota, Saccharomycetes, Saccharomycetales, Saccharomycetaceae, Candida,

 

yeast pathogen

Term
Penicillium notatum
Definition

Eukaryota; Fungi/Metazoa group; Fungi; Ascomycota; Pezizomycotina; 

 

post-harvest pathogens

Term
Balamuthia mandrillaris
Definition

Eukaryota; Lobosea; Euamoebida; Amoebidae

 

simplest eukaryotes

Term
Euglena gracilis
Definition
Eukaryota; Protista; Pyrrophyta; Euglenoidea; Euglenales; Euglenaceae
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