Causes food poisoning, meningitis, and
bacteremia
Broken down into six classes. ,
Gram-negative bacilli or coccobacilli. Brucellaceae, Kingella, Chromobacterium, Alcaligenaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Moraxellaceae, Pasteurellaceae, Vibrionaceae, Aeromonadaceae, Pseudomomadaceae, Campylobacteraceae, Helicobacteraceae, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium,
development of a pseudomembrane which adheres to airway structures causing respiratory difficulty.
Lyme disease are helical, less curved and thicker than the treponemes.
Only found in humans,
Colonizes the nasopharynx,
Symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck,
nausea, photophobia, and changes in mental state
Highly contagious disease that is spread person-
to-person by droplets that contain the bacterial
cells. TB skin testing
the third leading cause of death by food poisoning in the U.S.
frequent cause of healthcare-associated infections and easily identifiable in lab cultures due to its production of a fruity odor.
result from injury to a foot or leg by puncture such as a thorn.
commonly associated with dented or bulging cans of food
the most dangerous and deadly form of anthrax
only antibiotic recommended for use in newborn infants for prevention of gonococcal eye infections.
delicate microbes with complex antigenic make-up which cannot be grown in vitro.
biological test indicators during surgical instrument sterilization processes.