Coccus (singular)cocci (plural)spherical is cocci that form a chain is streptococci (responsible for strep throat)group or cluster- staphylococci (responsible for boils, skin infection and endocarditis)
The three main groups of bacteria are Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and cyanobacteria. Gram-positive bacteria have a thick cell wall that retains the crystal violet stain in the Gram staining technique, while Gram-negative bacteria have a thinner cell wall. Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria capable of producing oxygen through photosynthesis.
Characteristics:no membrane-covered nuclei and organellesmostly unicellularreproduce asexually by binary fissioproduce food through photosynthesis but use a wider variety of substances as raw materials than eukaryotestiny organismsa cell wall, usually surrounded by a layer of slime, encloses the cell Classification according to shape:1.coccus-spherical2.bacillus-rodlike3.spirillus-spiralFunctions of Monerans:1. Sewage disposal2. Production of cheese and vinegar3. Used in tanning leather and curing meat4. production of anibiotics like neomycin5. Biological control of harmful insects
Bacteria That Cause Human Disease Only a small fraction of the thousands of species of bacteria on the earth cause disease in humans. Bacterial infection can be prevented by killing bacteria with heat, as in sterilization and pasteurization. If a bacterial infection does occur, doctors may treat it with antibiotics. However, overuse of antibiotics in recent years has enabled the development of strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis.Bacillus anthracisAnthraxBacillus cereusB. cereus food poisoningClostridium botulinumBotulismClostridium perfringensClostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene)Clostridium tetaniTetanus (lockjaw)Corynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheriaEscherichia coliDiarrheaKlebsiella pneumoniaeBronchopneumoniaLegionella pneumophilaLegionnaire's diseaseMycobacterium lepraeLeprosyMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisSalmonella speciesSalmonellaSalmonella typhiTyphoid feverSalmonella typhimuriumSalmonella gastroenteritisShigella dysenteriaeBacillary dysenteryShigella speciesShigellosisYersinia enterocoliticaYersiniosis,gastroenteritisYersinia pestisPlagueYersinia pseudotuberculosisMesenteric lymphadenitisChlamydia Chlamydia trachomatisTrachomaconjunctivitisCoccobacillus Bordetella pertussisPertussis (whooping cough)Brucella speciesUndulant feverHemophilus influenzaeMeningitisbacterial pneumoniaHemophilus pertussisPertussis (whooping cough)Coccus Neisseria gonorrhoeaeGonorrheapelvic inflammatory diseaseNeisseria meningitidisMeningitisStaphylococcus aureusPneumoniatoxic shock syndromeskin infectionsmeningitisStreptococcus pneumoniaePneumoniaear infectionsmeningitisStreptococcus pyogenesStrep throatrheumatic feverStreptococcus speciesScarlet feverpuerperal feverListeria Listeria monocytogenesListeriosisperinatal septicemiameningitisencephalitisintrauterine infectionsMycoplasma Mycoplasma pneumoniaePneumoniaRickettsia Rickettsia prowazekiiEpidemic typhusBrill-Zinsser disease (spread by lice)Rickettsia rickettsiiRocky Mountain spotted fever (spread by ticks)Rickettsia typhiEndemic typhus (murine typhus, spread by rat fleas)Spirillus Campylobacter fetus jejuniCampylobacteriosis (bacterial diarrheal illness)Spirillum minorRat-bite feverSpirochete Treponema pallidumSyphilisVibrio Aeromonas hydrophilaGastroenteritissepticemiacellulitiswound infectionsurinary tract infectionsPlesiomonas shigelloidesGastroenteritisdiarrheaVibrio cholerae 01Epidemic choleraVibrio cholerae non-01GastroenteritisVibrio parahemolyticusV. parahemolyticus-associated gastroenteritisVibrio vulnificusWound infectionsgastroenteritisprimary septicemiawow you must have a lot of free time! (escricca)hahahhhahaha it is soooo true lolPathogenic BacteriaHere is a list of some of the names of pathogenic bacteria that cause disease and what disease they cause:CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM - causes botulism (potentially deadly form of food poisoning)CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE - causes diptheriaLEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA - causes legionellosisVIBRIO CHOLERAE - causes the diarrheal illness cholera