Microbiology

BACTERIA

GRAM POSITIVE

Spherical (Coccus)

Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus saprophyticusStreptococcus agalactiaeStreptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes

Rod (Bacillus)

Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereusClostridium botulinumClostridium difficileClostridium perfringensCorynebacterium diphtheriaeListeria monocytogenesTropheryma whippelii

GRAM NEGATIVE

Spherical (Coccus)

Neisseria gonorrhoeaeNeisseria meningitidis,

Rod (Bacillus)

Bartonella henselaeBordetella pertussisCampylobacter jejuni, Chlamydia trachomatisChlamydophila pneumoniae, Escherichia coliHaemophilus ducreyi, Haemophilus influenzaeHelicobacter pylori, Klebsiella pneumoniaeLegionella pnuemophilia, Pasteurella multocidaProteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,  Salmonella typhiShigella flexneriVibrio cholerae

Spiral (Spirochetes)

Treponema pallidum

OTHER

Mycoplasma

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Mycobacteria

Other

Chlamydia trachomatisChlamydophila pneumoniae,  Rickettsia ricketssiaYersinia pestis

VIRUSES

DNA VIRUSES

Double stranded circular genome

Double stranded linear genome

Herpesviruses [Herpes simplex virus-1, Herpes simplex virus-2, Varicella-Zoster virus (HHV-3), Epstein-Barr virus (HHV-4), Cytomegalovirus (HHV-5)], 

Single stranded linear genome

Parvovirus B19

RNA VIRUSES

Double stranded linear

Rotavirus

Single stranded circular

Single stranded linear (positive strand)

Hepatitis APoliovirusRhinovirus

Single stranded linear (negative strand)

Measles virus (rubeola)

FUNGI

Cryptococcus neoformansCandida albicansPneumocystis jiroveciiAspergillus fumigatus, Blastomyces dermatitidis

PARASITES

PROTISTS

Giardia lambliaEntamoeba histolyticaToxoplasma gondiiTrichomonas vaginalisTrypanosoma cruziBabesia microti

CESTODES (TAPEWORMS)

Taenia solium

TREMATODES

Schistosoma

NEMATODES

Strongyloides stercoralis