Bacteria and their characteristics
Propionibacterium: +ve bacilli, anaerobic on skin
Coryenbacterium: +ve bacilli, aerobic and non-spore
Streptococcus mutans: +ve cocci, facultative anaerobes for dental
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: acid fast bacilli, aerobic
Yersinia pestis: -ve bacilli, facultative anaerobic
Staphylococcus: +ve cocci, facultative anaerobes
Clostridium perfringens: +ve bacilli, anaerobic and spore forming
Clostridium botulinum: +ve bacilli, anaerobic and spore forming
Salmonella: -ve bacilli, facultative anaerobe
Escherichia coli: -ve bacilli, facultative anaerobes
Campylobacter: -ve spiral shaped bacilli, microaerophilic
Listeria monocytogenes: +ve bacilli, facultative anaerobes
Legionella: -ve bacilli, aerobes
Pseudomonas: -ve bacilli, aerobes
Vibrio cholerae: -ve comma shaped bacilli, facultative anaerobes = toxin
Salmonella typhi: -ve bacilli, facultative anaerobes
Cryptosporidium: Protozoa
Bacillus: +ve, aerobic or anaerobes
Clostridium: +ve bacilli, anaerobes and spore forming = toxins
Streptococcus: +ve cocci, chains and facultative anaerobes
Enterococcus: +ve cocci, facultative anaerobes and short chains
Lactobacillus: +ve bacilli, facultative anaerobes and lactic acid bacteria
Endospore forming: +ve bacilli
Clostridium butyricum: +ve bacilli, anaerobic and spore forming
Thermoanaerobacterium: +ve bacilli, anaerobes and spore, thermophilic
Clostridium acetobutylicum: +ve bacilli, anaerobes and spore, fermentation
Clostridium tetani: +ve bacilli, anaerobic and spore forming = tetanus
Clostridium botulinum: +ve bacilli, anaerobic and spore forming
Clostridium difficile: +ve bacilli, anaerobic and spore forming - diarrhea due to antibiotics
Mycobacterium: acid fast bacilli, aerobic
Streptomyces: +ve filamentous, aerobic and antibiotics
Cyanobacteria: -ve, photosynthetic = toxins
Spirochete: -ve spiral shaped, motile, syphilis and Lyme
