Flashcards: Gram-negative bacteria

Pontiac fever is an acute, nonfatal respiratory disease caused by various species of Gram-negative bacteria in the genus Legionella.

Neisseria polysaccharea was described in 1983 and is characterized by its ability to produce acid from glucose and maltose and polysaccharide from sucrose.

Bartonella taylorii is a proteobacterium.

Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens is an anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria in the phylum Chloroflexi isolated from a Superfund site in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Kluyvera ascorbata is a bacterium, the type species of its genus.

Kozakia baliensis is a species of acetic acid bacteria, with type strain Yo-3T (= NRIC 0488T = JCM 11301T = IFO 16664T = DSM 14400T).

Levilinea saccharolytica is a mesophilic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, Gram-negative, filamentous bacteria with type strain KIBI-1T (=JCM 12578T =DSM 16555T), the type species of its genus.

Luteimonas aquatica is a species of yellow-pigmented bacteria.

Luteimonas marina is a bacterium.

Luteimonas aestuarii is a species of yellow-pigmented bacteria.

Methylobacterium fujisawaense is a facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria.

Neisseria cinerea is a commensal species grouped with the Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, and catalase-positive diplococci.

Pelosinus is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

Pseudoxanthomonas broegbernensis is a yellow-pigmented bacteria the type species of its genus.

Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis is a species of mesophilic, motile, strictly aerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria with one polar flagellum, first isolated from human urine, riverside urban soil and anaerobic digester.

Luteimonas mephitis is a yellow-pigmented bacteria the type species of its genus.

Thermotoga neapolitana is a hyperthermophilic organism that is a member of the order Thermotogales.

Vitreoscilla is a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacterium.

Vibrio campbellii is a Gram-negative, curved rod-shaped, marine bacterium closely related to its sister species, Vibrio harveyi.

Stenotrophomonas nitritireducens is a yellow-pigmented bacteria, named after its quality to reduce nitrite.

Megasphaera is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

Mycoplasma spumans is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma.

Moraxella bovis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus implicated in infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, an eye disease of cattle, also colloquially known as pinkeye or New Forest eye.

Morax-Axenfeld diplobacillus or Moraxella lacunata is a rod-shaped, Gram negative, non motile bacteria, generally present as diploid pairs.

Haemophilus pittmaniae is a Gram-negative species of bacterium belonging to the Pasteurellaceae family.

Haemophilus felis is a Gram-negative species of bacterium belonging to the Pasteurellaceae family.

Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of Gram-negative bacteria which oxidize sugars or ethanol and produce acetic acid during fermentation.

Morganella morganii is a species of gram-negative bacteria.

Stenotrophomonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.

Cytophaga is a genus of Gram-negative, gliding, rod-shaped bacteria.

Acinetobacter baumannii is a typically short, almost round, rod-shaped (coccobacillus) Gram-negative bacterium.

The Negativicutes is a class of firmicute bacteria, whose members have a peculiar cell wall composition which stains gram-negative, unlike most other members of the Firmicutes.

Salinibacter ruber is an extremely halophilic red bacterium that was found in saltern crystallizer ponds in Alicante and Mallorca, Spain in 2002 by Antón et al.

Pseudomonas is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic Gammaproteobacteria, belonging to the family Pseudomonadaceae and containing 191 validly described species.

Dictyoglomus is a genus of bacterium, given its own phylum, called the Dictyoglomi.

Escherichia fergusonii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped species of bacterium.

Escherichia coli (/ˌɛʃᵻˈrɪkiə ˈkoʊlaɪ/; commonly abbreviated E. coli) is a Gram negative gammaproteobacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms).

Fimbriimonas ginsengisoli is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first representative of the new class Fimbriimonadia within the phylum Armatimonadetes.

Fusobacterium nucleatum is an oral bacterium, indigenous to the human oral cavity, that plays a role in periodontal disease.

The Selenomonadales are the only order of bacteria within the class Negativicutes; unlike most other members of Firmicutes, they are Gram-negative.

Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, and is the causative agent of Q fever.

Enterobacter is a genus of common Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Moraxella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the Moraxellaceae family.

Leptonema illini is a species of bacteria.

Anaerolinea thermophila is a species of filamentous thermophilic bacteria, the type and only species of its genus.

Arcobacter skirrowii is a species of bacteria.

Bartonella japonica is a species of proteobacteria in the genus Bartonella.

Samsonia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Thorselliaceae is a family of bacteria belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria and it was first described in February 2015.

Nitrosomonas oligotropha is a ammonia-oxidizing, aerobe, gram-negative bacterium from the genus of Nitrosomonas which occurs in chloraminated drinking water systems.

Bacteroides ureolyticus is a species in the bacterial genus of Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic bacteria.

Shimwellia is a genus of gram-negative bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family.

Escherichia hermannii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped species of bacterium.

Serratia marcescens (/sɛˈreɪʃjə mɑː(r)ˈsɛs.sɛnz/) is a species of rod-shaped Gram negative bacterium in the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Flavobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative, non-motile and motile, rod-shaped bacteria that consists of 130 recognized species as well as three newly proposed species (F. gondwanense, F. salegens, and F. scophthalmum).

Kingella kingae is a species of Gram-negative aerobic coccobacilli.

Devosia psychrophila is a psychrophilic, aerobic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of Devosia which was isolated from the Pitztaler Jöchl glacier in the Oetztaler Alps in Tyrol in Austria.

Devosia submarina is a Gram-negative, aerobic, motile bacteria from the genus of Devosia which was isolated from the Sea of Japan.

Devosia pacifica is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, motile bacteria from the genus of Devosia with a single lateral flagellum which was isolated from sediments of the South China Sea.

Devosia subaequoris is a Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, non-spore-forming, motile bacteria from the genus of Devosia which was isolated from a sediment sample from the Hwasun Beach in Jeju in the Republic of Korea.

Bacteroides fragilis is an obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium.

Christensenella is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore forming, anaerobic, and non-motile bacteria from the family Christensenellaceae.

Anaerobiospirillum (or Anaerobiospirillum thomasii) is a gram-negative anaerobic bacteria recognized as human flora in human gastrointestinal tract, mainly in the human feces.

Proteus penneri is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium.

Pseudomonas luteola is an opportunistic pathogen, found ubiquitously in damp environments.

Sorangium cellulosum is a soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacterium of the group myxobacteria.

Victivallis vadensis is a Gram-negative, coccus-shaped, bacteria found in the human digestive tract.

Salmonella enterica (formerly Salmonella choleraesuis) is a rod-shaped, flagellated, facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterium and a member of the genus Salmonella.

Pectinatus is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

Propionispora is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

Sporomusa is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

Neisseria sicca is a commensal organism belonging to the genus Neisseria.

Brachyspira is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetes.

Helicobacter is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria possessing a characteristic helical shape.

Vibrio azasii (Vibrio sp. Azasii) is a bioluminescent bacterium belonging to vibrio spp.

Sphaerotilus natans is an aquatic periphyton organism associated with polluted water.

Cardiobacterium hominis is a gram-negative bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium commonly grouped with other bacteria into the HACEK group.

Escherichia /ˌɛʃəˈrɪkiə/ is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore forming, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria from the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Chthonomonas calidirosea is a gram-negative bacterium and also the first representative of the new class Chthonomonadetes within the phylum Armatimonadetes.

In molecular biology, trimeric autotransporter adhesins (TAAs), are proteins found on the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.

Armatimonas rosea is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first species to be characterized within the phylum Armatimonadetes.

Haemophilus haemolyticus is a species of gram-negative bacteria that is related to Haemophilus influenzae.

Salmonella bongori is a pathogenic bacterium belonging to the genus Salmonella, and was earlier known as Salmonella subspecies V or S.