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 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.
Providencia spp. Providencia alcalifaciens Providencia rettgeri Providencia stuartii
Serratia spp.
Shigella spp.: 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:

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: cholerae (classical) el tor Biotypes are further subdivided into serotypes: ogawa inaba 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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