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Organism Morph. Arrange. Gram Disease Cat. Coag. Oxi. O2 req.
strepto- aerotole
Bacillus anthracis bacillus bacillus pos. anthrax pos. r-ant
staphylo- many (boils, fac.
Staphylococcus aureus coccus coccus pos. TSS, etc.) pos. pos. anaero.
weak microae
Spirillum volutans spirillum N/A neg. N/A pos. r-ophile
Lyme's microae
Borellia burgdorferi spirochete N/A neg. disease r-ophile
fac.
Salmonella typhi bacillus bacillus neg. Typhoid fever anaero.
diplobacillu
Bacillus subtillis bacillus s pos. N/A pos. aerobe
staphylo-
Micrococcus luteus coccus coccus pos. N/A neg. aerobe
microae
Treponema pallidum spirochete N/A neg. syphilis r-ophile
anaero-
Clostridium tetani bacillus N/A pos. tetanus bic
UTI
(opportunistic fac.
Proteus vulgaris bacillus N/A neg. ) anaero.
food
poisoning fac.
Escherichia coli bacillus
branched N/A neg. (some strains) anaero.
filamento
Streptomyces griseus us filamentous pos. aerobic
staphylo- endocardidtis fac.
Staphylococcus epidermidis coccus coccus pos. and sepsis pos. neg. neg. anaero.
capno-
Neisseria gonorrhoeae coccus diplococcus neg. gonorrhoea pos. phile
endocarditis fac.
Enterococcus faecalis coccus diplococcus pos. bladder infec neg. anaero.
pneumonia
(opportunistic aero-
Streptococcus pneumoniae coccus diplococcus pos. ) tolerant
Neisseria meningitidis coccus diplococcus neg. meningitis pos. aerobe
UTI fac.
Enterococcus faecium coccus diplococcus pos. meningitis neg. anaero.
anaero-
Clostridium botulinum bacillus N/A pos. botulism bic
anaero-
C. perfringens bacillus N/A pos. gas gangrene bic
"chinese
Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacillus letters" pos. diphtheria aerobic

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Listeria monocytogenes bacillus palisades pos. listeriosis pos. neg. anaero.
Organism Morph. Arrange. Gram Disease Cat. Coag. Oxi. O2 req.
strepto- aerotole
Lactobacillus acidophilus bacillus bacillus pos. r-ant
anibiotic
induced anaero-
Clostridium defficile bacillus N/A pos. diarrhoea bic

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Misc.
cent. spores
w/ swelling
opportunistic
pathogen
lophotrichous
flagella
transmitted
via vectors
peritrichous
flagella
sub. spore w/
o swelling
term. spore
w/ swelling
peritrichous
flagella
peritrichous
flagella
mold-like
appearance
biofilms on
plastic
implants
sub. spore w/
swelling
forms spores
pleomorphic

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peritrichous
flagella
Misc.
normal
human flora
forms
endospores