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Bacteriology notes 1
BACTERIA

Rigid, thick-walled cells Flexible, thin-walled cells Wall less


(spirochetes)
▪ Mycoplasma
▪ Treponema
▪ Borrelia
▪ Leptospira

Free-living Non-free-living

(Extra-cellular bacteria) (Obligate intracellular parasites)

▪ Rickettsia
▪ Chlamydia
▪ Coxiella burnetti

Cocci Bacilli / rod

Gram negative
Gram positive
▪ Neisseria
▪ Streptococcus
▪ Staphylococcus
▪ Pneumococcus
▪ Enterococcus

Gram positive Gram negative Acid fast

▪ Mycobacterium
1. Spore forming: species
a. Aerobic: Bacillus ▪ Nocardia asteroids
b. Anaerobic: Clostridium

2. Non-spore forming:
a. Aerobic:
▪ Corynebacterium Aerobic: Anaerobic: Facultative anaerobic:
▪ Nocardia
▪ Pseudomonas ▪ Bacteroides
▪ Bordetella (i) Respiratory organisms
b. Anaerobic: ▪ Haemophilus
▪ Actinomyces ▪ Legionella
▪ Listeria
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