Question

Bacteria in question

Class

Gram +/-

Shape

Motility

Aerobic, anaerobic, etc.

Mode of Nutrition

Are any disease causing members? How/what?

Habitat

Nitrogen fixer?

Photosynthetic

Does it form spores?

Other important characteristics

Actinomyces israelii

Actinobacteria

positive

rod shaped

no

anaerobic

N/A

They cause disease in livestock and humans, usually when they gain access to the body through an open wound.

soil and oral cavity

yes

no

no

Normally present in gums.

Bacillus anthracis

Bacilli

Positive

rod shaped

no

aerobic

chemoautotrophic

Can cause skin, lung, and bowel disease.

soils

no

no

yes

Bordetella pertussis

Betaproteobacteria

negative

rod shaped

no

aerobic

N/A

Causes an infection in the respiratory system, whooping cough

mucous membrane of the human respiratorytract

no

no

no

they are very small

Borrelia burgdorferi

Spirochete

N/A

Helical

yes

microaerobic

heterotrophs

Causes lymes disease

inside small mammals.

no

no

no

Campylobacter jejuni

Epsilon proteobacteria

negative

spiral

no

microaerophilic

N/A

causes most food borne illnesses

animal feces

no

no

no

Found most in wombat, kangaroo and bird feces.

Chlamydia pneumoniae

N/A

negative

rod shaped

no

aerobic

N/A

common cause of pneumonia

Lungs

no

no

no

it undergoes many transformations during its life

Chlamydia psittaci

N/A

negative

obligate

no

aerobic

heterotrophic

systemic infection and pneumonia

feral birds and domestiated poultry

no

no

N/A

it is a parasite

Clostridium botulinum

Clostriidia

positive

rod shaped

yes

anaerobic

phototreophic

foodborne botulism

soil

yes

yes

yes

has the abiity to produce the neurotoxin botulinum

Clostridium perfringens

Clostriidia

positive

rod shaped

no

anaerobic

heterotrophic

food poisioning

decaying vegitation, marine sediment, intestinal tract of humans, other vertibraes, insects, and soil

no

no

yes

its role in disease is minor

Clostridium tetani

clostriidia

positive

rod shaped

yes

anaerobic

phototreophic

can cause the severe disease, tetanus.

soil

yes

yes

yes

it causes spazms in the body because it affects the nervous system

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

N/A

positive

club shaped

no

anaerobic

chemoorganotrophic

causes diphtheria

tropical regions and underdeveloped countries

no

no

no

it spreads via three routes, airborne droplets, contaminated personal items, and contaminated household items

Enterobacter faecalis

Escherichia coli (O157:H7)

Francisisella tularensis

Hemophilus aegyptius

Hemophilus influenzae

Helicobacter pylori

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Lactobacillus bulgaricus

Legionella pneumophilia

leptospira interrogans

Listeria monocytogenes

Methanobacterium

Mycobacterium leprae

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Neisseria meningitidis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Rickettsia rickettsii

Salmonella  typhi

Serratia marcescens

Shigella sonnei

Staphylococcus aureusa

Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus pyogenes

Treponema pallidum

Vibrio cholerae

Yersinia pestis

Answer 1

Enterobactor faecalis - class - Bacilloos gram positive, streptococcus, non motile, anaerobic, heterotroph.

E. Coli-class- Gammoproteobacteria, gram negative, rod shaped, non motile, anaerobic, chemiheterotroph

Francisisella tularensis: class - coccobacillus, gram negative , rod shaped, non motile, aerobe, heterotroph

Hemophilus influenzae - class - grammaproteobacteria, gram negative, coccus, anaerobic , non motile, heterotroph

Helicobactor pylori - class - epsilonproteobacteria, gram negative, helix shaped, flagella present motile, microaerophilic, chemoheterotroph