BSCI 424 — PATHOGENIC MICROBIOLOGY

List of Bacterial Pathogens


 
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  Acinetobacter baumanii (Family Moraxellaceae)

  Actinobacillus spp. (Family Pasteurellaceae)

  Actinomycetes (actinomycetes, streptomycetes)

  Actinomyces

  Actinomyces israelii
  Actinomyces naeslundii
  Actinomyces spp.

  Aeromonas spp. (Family Aeromonadaceae)

  Aeromonas hydrophila
  
Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria (Aeromonas sobria)
  Aeromonas caviae

  Anaerobes, Non-Spore Forming

  Gram-Positive Anaerobic Cocci
  Peptostreptococcus spp.
  Streptococcus spp. (see separate listing below)
  Gram-Negative Anaerobic Cocci
  Veillonella spp.
  Gram-Positive Anaerobic Bacilli
  Actinomyces spp. (actinomycetes)
Actinomyces israelii
Actinomyces naeslundii
  Mobiluncus spp. (Gram-positive cell wall, but stain Gram-negative or variable)
  Propionibacterium acnes
  Lactobacillus spp.
  Eubacterium spp.
  Bifidobacterium spp.
  Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacilli
  Bacteroides spp. (see separate listing below)
  Prevotella spp.
  Porphyromonas spp.
  Fusobacterium spp.

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  Bacillus spp. (Family Bacillaceae)

  Bacillus anthracis
  Bacillus cereus
  Bacillus subtilis
  Bacillus thuringiensis
  Bacillus stearothermophilus (used to test efficacy of autoclaves)

  Bacteroides spp. (Family Bacteroidaceae)

  Bacteroides fragilis (prototype endogenous anaerobic pathogen)

  Bordetella spp.

  Bordetella pertussis
  Bordetella parapertussis
  Bordetella bronchiseptica

  Borrelia spp. (Order Spirochaetales; Family Spirochaetaceae)

  Borrelia recurrentis
  Borrelia burgdorferi

  Brucella spp.

  Brucella abortus
  Brucella canis
  Brucella melintensis
  Brucella suis

  Burkholderia spp. (formerly classified as Pseudomonas)

  Burkholderia pseudomallei
  Burkholderia cepacia

  Campylobacter spp.

  Campylobacter jejuni
  Campylobacter coli
  Campylobacter lari
  Campylobacter fetus

  Citrobacter spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

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  Clostridium spp.

  Clostridium perfringens
  Clostridium difficile
  Clostridium botulinum

  Corynebacterium spp. (actinomycetes with mycolic acids, Family Corynebacteriaceae)

  Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  Corynebacterium jeikeum
  Corynebacterium urealyticum

  Edwardsiella tarda (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Enterobacter spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Family Enterobacteriaceae (clinically important enterics)

 Citrobacter
 Citrobacter freundii  
  Citrobacter diversus
  Enterobacter spp.
 Enterobacter aerogenes  
  Enterobacter agglomerans
  Enterobacter cloacae
  Escherichia coli
 Opportunistic Escherichia coli 
  ETEC = enterotoxigenic E. coli
  EIEC = enteroinvasive E. coli  
  EPEC = enteropathogenic E. coli 
  EHEC = enterohemorrhagic E. coli
  EaggEC = enteroaggregative E. coli
  UPEC = uropathogenic E. coli
   Klebsiella spp.
  Klebsiella pneumoniae  
  Klebsiella oxytoca
  Morganella morganii
  Proteus spp.
  Proteus mirabilis
  Proteus vulgaris
  Providencia spp.
 Providencia alcalifaciens  
  Providencia rettgeri
  Providencia stuartii
 Salmonella spp.
 Salmonella enterica (proper nomenclature; encompasses all Salmonella; taxonomically only one species of Salmonella) 
  Common nomenclature still in use:
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella paratyphi
Salmonella enteritidis
Salmonella cholerasuis
Salmonella typhimurium
 Serratia spp.
  Serratia marcesans
  Serratia liquifaciens
 Shigella spp.
 Shigella dysenteriae  
  Shigella flexneri
  Shigella boydii
  Shigella sonnei
 Yersinia spp.
  Yersinia enterocolitica
  Yersinia pestis
  Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

  Enterococcus spp. (Lancefield Group D specific carbohydrate) (gamma hemolytic, occasionally alpha or beta) (formerly classified as Group D streptococci)

  Enterococcus faecalis
  Enterococcus faecium

  Erysipelothrix rhusopathiae

  Escherichia coli (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Opportunistic Escherichia coli
  ETEC = enterotoxigenic E. coli
  EIEC = enteroinvasive E. coli
  EPEC = enteropathogenic E. coli
  EHEC = enterohemorrhagic E. coli
  EaggEC = enteroaggregative E. coli
  UPEC = uropathogenic E. coli

  Francisella tularensis

  Haemophilus spp. (Family Pasteurellaceae)

  Haemophilus influenzae
  Haemophilus ducreyi
  Haemophilus aegyptius
  Haemophilus parainfluenzae
  Haemophilus haemolyticus
  Haemophilus parahaemolyticus

  Helicobacter spp.

  Helicobacter pylori
  Helicobacter cinaedi
  Helicobacter fennelliae

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  Klebsiella pneumoniae (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Legionella pneumophila

  Leptospira interrogans (Order Spirochaetales; Family Leptospiraceae)

  Serogroups:
  canicola
  pomona
  icterohaemorrhagiae

  Listeria monocytogenes

  Micrococcus spp. (Family Micrococcaceae)

  Moraxella catarrhalis (taxonomic confusion) (Family Moraxellaceae or Family Neisseriaceae)

  Formerly classified as Neisseria
  More recently classified as Branhamella

  Morganella spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Mycobacterium spp. (actinomycetes with mycolic acids, Family Mycobacteriaceae)

  Mycobacterium leprae
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Nocardia spp. (actinomycetes with mycolic acids, Family Nocardiaceae)

  Nocardia asteroides
  Nocardia brasiliensis

  Neisseria spp. (Family Neisseriaceae)

  Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  Neisseria meningitidis

  Pasteurella multocida (Family Pasteurellaceae)

  Plesiomonas shigelloides (Family Plesiomonadaceae)

  Propionibacterium acnes

  Proteus spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Proteus vulgaris
  Proteus mirabilis

  Providencia spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Family Pseudomonadaceae)

  Rhodococcus spp. (actinomycetes with mycolic acids, Family Nocardiaceae)

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  Salmonella spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Salmonella enterica (proper nomenclature; encompasses all Salmonella; taxonomically only one species of Salmonella)


  Common nomenclature still in use:
  Salmonella typhi
  Salmonella paratyphi
  Salmonella enteritidis
  Salmonella cholerasuis
  Salmonella typhimurium

  Serratia marcescens (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Shigella spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Shigella dysenteriae
  Shigella flexneri
  Shigella boydii
  Shigella sonnei

  Staphylococcus spp. (Family Micrococcaceae) (catalase positive)

  Staphylococcus aureus (coagulase-positive)
  Staphylococcus epidermidis(coagulase-negative)
  Staphylococcus saprophyticus (coagulase-negative)

  Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

  Originally classified as Pseudomonas
  More recently classified as Xanthomonas

  Streptococcus pneumoniae (no group specific carbohydrate) (alpha hemolytic)

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  Streptococcus spp. (FAMILY Streptococcaceae) (catalase negative)

  Group A streptococci (beta hemolytic)
  Streptococcus pyogenes

  Group B streptococci (beta hemolytic, occasionally alpha or gamma)
  Streptococcus agalactiae

  Group C streptococci (beta hemolytic, occasionally alpha or gamma)
  Streptococcus anginosus
  Streptococcus equismilis

  Group D streptococci (alpha or gamma hemolytic, occasionally beta)
  Streptococcus bovis

  Group F streptococci (beta hemolytic)
  Streptococcus anginosus

  Group G streptococci (beta hemolytic)
  Streptococcus anginosus

  Viridans streptococci (no group specific carbohydrate) (alpha or gamma hemolytic)
  Streptococcus mutans
  Streptococcus salivarius group
  Streptococcus sanguis group
  Streptococcus mitis group
  Streptococcus milleri group

  Streptomyces spp. (actinomycetes, streptomycetes)

  Treponema spp. (Order Spirochaetales; Family Spirochaetaceae)

  Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum
  Treponema pallidum ssp. endemicum
  Treponema pallidumssp. pertenue
  Treponema carateum

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  Vibrio spp. (Family Vibrionaceae)

  Vibrio cholerae
Serogroups O1 and O139 that produce specific cholera enterotoxin are responsible for classic cholera epidemics
  Vibrio cholerae O1 (Serogroup O1)
Biotypes:
  1. cholerae (classical)
  2. el tor
Biotypes are further subdivided into serotypes:
  1. ogawa
  2. inaba
  3. hinkojima
  Vibrio cholerae O139 (Serogroup O139)
Newly recognized in 1992 (classic case of an important emerging pathogen)
  Non-agglutinable vibrios (NAGs) or non-cholera vibrios (NCVs)
Identical to Vibrio cholerae O1, but do not agglutinate in O1 antiserum
  Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  Vibrio vulnificus
  Vibrio alginolyticus
  Vibrio mimicus
  Vibrio hollisae
  Vibrio fluvialis
  Vibrio metchnikovii
  Vibrio damsela
  Vibrio furnisii

  Yersinia spp. (Family Enterobacteriaceae)

  Yersinia enterocolitica
  Yersinia pestis
  Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
 

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