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Mycoplasma Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma- Information from Wikipedia on this genus of bacteria that lack cell walls, their history, characteristics, taxonomy and phylogeny. ...
Streptococcus mutans Streptococcus mutans
Streptococcus mutans- This bacterium causes tooth decay and Amber Allmann provides information on its classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interaction with humans. ...
Flesh Eating Bacteria: Streptococcus pyogenes Flesh Eating Bacteria: Streptococcus pyogenes
Flesh Eating Bacteria: Streptococcus pyogenes- Peter Falk provides information on this bacterium, its classification, phylogeny, habitat, the diseases it causes and their treatment. ...
Lactobacillus delbruekii subsp. bulgaricus Lactobacillus delbruekii subsp. bulgaricus
Lactobacillus delbruekii subsp. bulgaricus- Amber Kahl provides information on this bacterium used in the production of yoghurt, its classification, life history and the processes involved in fermenting the milk. ...
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae- Travis Wojtowicz provides information on the organism which is a common cause for bacterial pneumonia infections, its structure and genome, and the disease it causes, its diagnosis and treatment. ...
Mycoplasma Bovis Mycoplasma Bovis
Mycoplasma Bovis- Research project by Garrett Blumer on this bacterium that causes mastitis in cows, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations and nutrition. ...
Bacillus anthracis Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis- Research project by Mickayla Cottor on this deadly bacterium, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and the disease it causes. ...
Clostridium tetani Clostridium tetani
Clostridium tetani- Research project by Brennen Unrein on this anaerobic pathogenic bacterium which causes tetanus, including its classification, nutrition, adaptation and pathology. ...
Clostridium botulinum Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum- Research project by Philip Strandwitz on this bacterium including its classification, habitat and geography, reproduction, adaptations, the conditions it causes and the uses of its toxin, Botox, in ...
MRSA MRSA
MRSA- Research project by Heidi Seubert on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus including its classification, adaptations, symptoms and treatment. ...
Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile- Research project by Jaklin Kumm at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. ...
Bacillus anthracis and Anthrax Bacillus anthracis and Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis and Anthrax- Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology chapter with information on the bacterium that causes anthrax. ...
Pathogenic Clostridia, Including Botulism and Tetanus Pathogenic Clostridia, Including Botulism and Tetanus
Pathogenic Clostridia, Including Botulism and Tetanus- Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology chapter deals with clostridia, anaerobic bacteria that cause tetanus, botulism, food poisoning, gas gangrene and antibiotic-a ...
Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning
Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on this bacterium that causes food poisoning. ...
Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcal Disease Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcal Disease
Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcal Disease- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on the bacterium Staphylococcus, including MRSA. ...
Listeria monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on the bacterium that causes listeriosis, a food-borne disease. ...
Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most common cause of lobar pneumonia. ...
Lactic Acid Bacteria Lactic Acid Bacteria
Lactic Acid Bacteria- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on the basic biology of these bacteria and their use in the manufacture of yogurt, cheese and other fermented milks. ...
The Genus Bacillus The Genus Bacillus
The Genus Bacillus- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on gram-positive aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, including members of the genus Bacillus. ...
Chondromyces crocatus: The Bacterium that Wanted to be a Fungus Chondromyces crocatus: The Bacterium that Wanted to be a Fungus
Chondromyces crocatus: The Bacterium that Wanted to be a Fungus- Photographs and information on this species which grows on dung, where individuals mass together and appear to produce fruitbodies similar to a fungus. ...
Proteobacteria Proteobacteria
Proteobacteria- Information from Wikipedia on this phylum of gram-negative bacteria, now divided by rRNA sequencing into five divisions, alpha, beta, gamma, delta and epsilon. ...
Pseudomonas Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas- Information from Wikipedia on this group of bacteria, their history, characteristics, taxonomy, pathogenicity and uses. ...
Campylobacter Campylobacter
Campylobacter- Information from Wikipedia on this group of gram-negative bacteria that can cause food poisoning, their classification, genome and pathogenesis. ...
Legionella Legionella
Legionella- Information from Wikipedia on these gram-negative bacteria, their pathogenesis and the control of potential sources of the disease. ...
Vibrio Vibrio
Vibrio- Information from Wikipedia on these gram-negative bacteria, their pathogenic strains and non-pathogenic strains and their classification. ...
Rhizobium in Soil Rhizobium in Soil
Rhizobium in Soil- Photograph and information on Rhizobium trifolii with an animated GIF showing its size relative to other organisms. ...
Azospirillum brasilense Azospirillum brasilense
Azospirillum brasilense- Photograph and information on this bacterium which lives in soil close to roots and is involved in nitrogen fixation. ...
Nitrifying Bacterium Nitrifying Bacterium
Nitrifying Bacterium- Photograph and information on Nitrosomonas which is able to convert ammonia into nitrite. ...
Azotobacter Azotobacter
Azotobacter- Photograph of an encysted bacterium, and information on the process by which this free-living organism can fix nitrogen. ...
Rhizobia Rhizobia
Rhizobia- Information from Wikipedia on these soil bacteria that form nodules on plant roots and fix nitrogen. ...
Rhizobia Taxonomy Rhizobia Taxonomy
Rhizobia Taxonomy- Provides an up-to-date taxonomy on this group of bacteria, important in a field where genus and species names have changed rapidly. ...
Yersinia pestis Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis- Kristi Taylor provides information on the organism responsible for the Black Death, its classification, its hosts, the several forms of the disease and its outcome, with or without treatment. ...
Bordetella pertussis Bordetella pertussis
Bordetella pertussis- Britten Wolf provides information on this bacillus, the causal agent of Whooping Cough, and on the disease itself. ...
Neisseria Meningitidis Neisseria Meningitidis
Neisseria Meningitidis- Research project by Samantha Bingen on this bacterium, including its classification, the illness it causes, its habitat, reproduction and nutrition. ...
Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae
Pseudomonas syringae- Research project by Rachel Campbell on this plant pathogen which has the remarkable property of ice nucleation and is being researched for possible use in agriculture to prevent frost damage to crop ...
Rickettsia rickettsii Rickettsia rickettsii
Rickettsia rickettsii- Research project by Chelsea Gibson on this bacterium, including its classification, habitat, reproduction and the Rocky Mountain spotted fever it can cause. ...
Legionella pneumophila Legionella pneumophila
Legionella pneumophila- Research project by Amanda a la Budda on this bacterium, the causative agent of Legionnaire's Disease, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and the disease i ...
Escherichia coli Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli- Research project by Justine Moder on this ubiquitous bacterium including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition, interactions with other species and pathology. ...
Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter pylori
Helicobacter pylori- Research project by Evan Pluym on this bacterium, the cause of stomach ulcers, including its classification, habitat, adaptations, nutrition, life history and pathology. ...
Vibrio cholerae Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae- Research project by Hannah Zimmer on the causative agent of cholera, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and the history of the disease it causes. ...
Xanthomonas axonopodis citri Xanthomonas axonopodis citri
Xanthomonas axonopodis citri- Description of this bacterial pathogen, the cause of citrus canker, its habitat and distribution, life history, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information. ...
Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella enteritidis
Salmonella enteritidis- Research project by Jason Meinhardt at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. ...
Rickettsial Diseases, including Typhus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rickettsial Diseases, including Typhus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rickettsial Diseases, including Typhus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever- Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology chapter on Rickettsia bacteria that cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. ...
Pathogenic Neisseriae: Gonorrhea, Neonatal Ophthalmia and Meningococcal Meningitis Pathogenic Neisseriae: Gonorrhea, Neonatal Ophthalmia and Meningococcal Meningitis
Pathogenic Neisseriae: Gonorrhea, Neonatal Ophthalmia and Meningococcal Meningitis- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology. ...
Haemophilus influenzae and Hib Meningitis Haemophilus influenzae and Hib Meningitis
Haemophilus influenzae and Hib Meningitis- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on this parasitic bacterium. ...
Rumex acetosa Rumex acetosa
Rumex acetosa- Information on Garden Sorrel. ...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on this bacteriaum that can infect any tissue. ...
Vibrio vulnificus Vibrio vulnificus
Vibrio vulnificus- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on this bacterium that can cause deadly food poisoning and wound infections. ...
Rhizobium leguminosarum Rhizobium leguminosarum
Rhizobium leguminosarum- Information on the sequencing of the genome of this nitrogen-fixing plant symbiont. ...
Spirochaete Spirochaete
Spirochaete- Information from Wikipedia on this phylum of gram-negative bacteria, members of which are responsible for several serious diseases. ...

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