Classification of Bacteria Austin Community College细菌分类奥斯汀社区学院.ppt

11 Gram positive Endospore Forming Rods Difficult to get rid of because of endospores Example Clostridium tetani Gram positive Endospore Forming Rods Difficult to get rid of because of endospores Example C. perfringens – gangrene Gram positive Endospore Forming Rods Difficult to get rid of because of endospores Common in hospitals Example C. difficile antibiotic associated pseudmembraneous enterocolitis Clostridium difficile Gram positive Endospore Forming Rods Bacillus B. anthracis – anthrax zoonosis Gram positive Endospore Forming Rods Bacillus B. cereus – food poising Especially in high carb foods – rice, vermicelli B. thuringiensis – natures insecticide 12 Coryneforms Pleomorphic (many shapes) Example Corynebacterium diphtheriae 13 Mycobacteria Gram positive and Acid Fast Mycobacterium tuberculosis Respiratory Pathogen MDR-TB In the 1950s we sent people with TB to the sanitariums Mycobacteria Gram positive and Acid Fast M. avium intracellular complex (MAC) Really bad bug Currently no drugs can cure it Especially bad for people with AIDS Can cause atypical TB Mycobacteria Gram positive and Acid Fast M. leprae Causative agent of leprosy Not very common Only affects areas of body that are below body temperature Natural reservoir is the armadillo * * * Classification of Bacteria Survey of Clinically Relevant Bacteria Modern Prokaryotic Classification Eubacteria Archeabacteria Cyanobacteria Thermophiles We will not forget the Archaea Have no cell nucleus or any other membrane organelles within their cells. In the past they were viewed as an unusual group of bacteria and named archaebacteria but since the Archaea have an independent evolutionary history and show many differences in their biochemistry from other forms of life. They are now classified as a separate domain Diversity of Bacteria Classification of Bacteria Classification – ordering Nomenclature – naming Often immortalizes the person who discovere