Classification of

Bacteria
 Classification of Bacteria

ON THE BASIS OF ON THE BASIS OF ON THE BASIS OF ON THE BASIS OF PH

SHAPE STAINING OXYGEN
REQUIREMENT

ON THE BASIS OF ON THE BASIS OF ON THE BASIS OF

TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE OSMOTIC PRESSURE
 On the basis of Shape
• Cocci
(a) Diplococci e.g. Neisseria gonorrhoreae
(b) Streptococci e.g Streptococcus mutans
(c) Sarcina e.g Sarcina rosea
(d) Tetrad e.g Micrococcus luteus
(e) Staphylococci e.g Staphylococcus aureus.
• Baccilli
(a) Diplobacilli e.g Moraxella lacunata
(b) Coccobacilli e.g Bordtella pertusis
• Vibrio e.g Vibrio cholerae
• Spiral e.g Aquaspirillum serpens
• Spirochete e.g Treponema pallidum
ON THE BASIS OF STAINING

• Gram positive e.g Streptococcus mutans,

Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus subtilis
• Gram negative e.g Escherichia coli, Salmonella
typhi, Shigella dysenteriae
ON THE BASIS OF TEMPERATURE
• Psychrophiles e.g Bacillus psychrophilus
• Psychrotrophs e.g Listeria monocytogenes
• Mesophiles e.g E.coli
• Thermophiles e.g Bacillus stearothermophilus
• Hyperthermophiles e.g Sulpholobus
ON THE BASIS OF STRUCTURE
• Spore former
(a) Centre spore former e.g Bacillus cereus
(b) Terminal spore former e.g Clostridium tetani
(c) Subterminal spore former
e.g Clostridium subterminale
• Capsule former e.g Bacillus anthracis, Streptococcus
mutans
• Flagella
(a) Monotrichous e.g Pseudomona auregenosa
(b) Amphitrichous e.g Aquaspirillum serpens
(c) Lophotrichous e.g Pseudomona flouresence
(d) Peritrichous e.g Salmonella typhi
(e) Atrichous e.g spirochetes
ON THE BASIS OF O2 REQUIREMENT
• Obligate aerobes e.g. Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium
• Facultative anaerobes e.g. E.coli
• Aerotolerant anaerobes e.g. streptococcus
pyogenes
• Obligate anaerobes e.g. Clostridium, bacteriodes
• Microaerophiles e.g. Campylobacter
ON THE BASIS OF pH
• Acidophiles e.g Sulpholobus
• Neutrophiles e.g Escherichia
• Alkalophiles e.g Bacillus alkalophiles
ON THE BASIS OF OSMOTIC PRESSURE
• Osmotolerant e.g S.aureus
• Halophiles e.g Helicobacter pylori