What is bad bacteria?
There is really no bad or good bacteria. Some are called bad because they are doing what their genes tell them to do: cause diseases. Some are called good for the same reason except we say that they make something we view as good (cheeses)Here are a few we have labeled bad:Actinomyces =Respiratory Diseases, cavitiesB. anthracis: anthrax and food poisoningClostridium tetani: tetanusC. perfringens: food poison, gas gangreneC. botulinum: botulismCorynebacterium DiphtheriaeGardnerella = VaginitisListeria = Newborn meningitisMycobacteriumM lepraeM tuberculosisMycoplasma (Walking pneumonia)Propionibacterium or AcneStaphylococcus epidermidisS aureusMethicillin Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)Vancomycin Resistant Staph aureus (VRSA)Streptococcus pneumonia, pyogenesS mutans: CavitiesBorrelia Lyme DiseaseB. PertussisCampylobacter GI infectionsChlamydia STDTrachoma (blindness)Escherichia {E. coli} Normal GI tractO157:H7 strainHelicobacter Peptic UlcerHemophilus influenzaURI (upper respiratory infections), Epiglottitis, Meningitis, OtitisKlebsiella Hemorrhagic pneumoniaeLegionella pneumoniaLeptospiria leptospirosisNeisseria N gonorrheae andN meningitidesRickettsia Rocky Mtn spotted feverSalmonella typhus and Food poisoningSerratia Opportunistic UTIShigella DysenteryTreponema pallidum -syphilisVibrio Cholera and GI diseaseYersinia the plague
