Definitions of eubacterium
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a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
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synonyms:
eubacteria, true bacteria
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types:
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B, bacillus
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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cocci, coccus
any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
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coccobacillus
a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus
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spirilla, spirillum
any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
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clostridia, clostridium
spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
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Clostridium botulinum, botulinum, botulinus
anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
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clostridium perfringens
anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
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blue-green algae, cyanobacteria
predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
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phototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteria
green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
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pseudomonad
bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
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xanthomonad
bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants
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nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria
soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
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nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria
soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
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thiobacillus
small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur
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spirillum
spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water
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vibrio, vibrion
curved rodlike motile bacterium
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corynebacterium
any species of the genus Corynebacterium
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listeria
any species of the genus Listeria
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enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric
rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
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endospore-forming bacteria
a group of true bacteria
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rickettsia
any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
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chlamydia
coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
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mycoplasma
any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
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actinomycete
any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
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actinomyces
soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
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mycobacteria, mycobacterium
rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
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gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
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lactobacillus
a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk)
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strep, streptococci, streptococcus
spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
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spirochaete, spirochete
parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
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Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus
a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
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Bacillus globigii, Bacillus subtilis, grass bacillus, hay bacillus
a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics
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Yersinia pestis
a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon
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Brucella
an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon
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nostoc
found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
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trichodesmium
large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation
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purple bacteria
free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll
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Pseudomonas solanacearum, ring rot bacteria
causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc
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sulfur bacteria, sulphur bacteria, thiobacteria
any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
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Spirillum minus, ratbite fever bacterium
a bacterium causing ratbite fever
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Vibrio comma, comma bacillus
comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
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Vibrio fetus
bacteria that cause abortion in sheep
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C. diphtheriae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus
a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
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L. monocytogenes, Listeria monocytogenes
the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis
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escherichia
a genus of enteric bacteria
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klebsiella
a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections
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salmonella
rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon
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shigella
rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
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erwinia
rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants
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C. psittaci, Chlamydia psittaci
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia
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C. trachomatis, Chlamydia trachomatis
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum
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PPLO, pleuropneumonialike organism
a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans
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streptomyces
aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin)
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tubercle bacillus
cause of tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium leprae, leprosy bacillus
cause of leprosy
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staph, staphylococci, staphylococcus
spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
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Lactobacillus acidophilus, acidophilus
a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics
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treponema
spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)
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borrelia
cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever
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Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete
cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
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leptospira
important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever
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type of:
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moneran, moneron
organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
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bacteria, bacterium
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
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