Bacteria names and their causative agents

• Anthrax

  Bacillus anthracis
• Pneumonia

  Chlamydophila pneumoniae
• Psittacosis

  Chlamydophila psittaci
• Trachoma

  Chlamydia trachomatis
• Botulism

  Clostridium bolulinum
• Tetanus

  Clostridium tetani
• Diphtheria


  Corynebacterium diphtheriae
• Tularemia (rabbit fever)

  Francisella tularensis
• Leprosy

  Mycobacterium leprae
• Tuberculosis

  Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Pneumonia (2)

  Mycoplasma pneumoniae
• Gonorrhea

  Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Meningitis


  Neisseria meningitidis
• Bacterial dysentery

  Shigella dysenteriae
• Pneumonia (3)

  Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Cholera

  Vibrio cholerae