or is flagella.
Klebsiella pneumoniae: Bacteria that cause the most severe pneumonia. Its symptoms include coughing with bloody sputum.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Bacteria that cause tuberculosis, a disease identified by the growth of nodules called tubercles in the lung tissues. Its virulence factor is mycolic acid which makes the bacteria resistant to chemical damages.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Bacteria that lacks a cell wall and cause mild form of pneumonia or walking pneumonia.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Bacteria that cause sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea. Symptoms include pain when urinating, genital discharge, and swollen testicles.
Neisseria meningitidis: Bacteria that cause meningitis in adults. Symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck, sensitive to light, muscle pain, and rashes that do not fade under pressure.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Bacteria that cause various acute and chronic infection at different parts of the body. Can cause ear infection.
Rickettsia rickettsii: Bacteria that cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Symptoms include non-itchy spotted rash on trunk and appendages including palms and soles. Other symptoms include muscles aches and nausea.
Salmonella typhimurium: Causative agent of bacterial gastroenteritis. Usually found in poultry products. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and fever.
Salmonella typhi: Bacteria that cause typhoid fever and can be asymptomatic.
Staphylococcus aureus: Causative agent of bacterial gastroenteritis. Also causes ear infection.
Streptococcus mutans: Bacteria that cause dental caries. It produce lactic acid that degrades tooth enamel.
Streptococcus pneumoniae: Common cause of pneumonia and can also cause meningitis. Its virulence factor is capsule.
Streptococcus pyogenes: Bacteria can cause ear infection. It can also cause necrotizing fascitis or flesh-eating disease, strep throat, scarlet fever, and strawberry red tongue.
Group B Streptococcus: An opportunistic bacteria that becomes pathogenic to fetus/newborns and cause blindness, pneumonia, and brain damage.
Treponema pallidum: Bacteria that cause sexually transmitted disease syphilis. It is a type spirochete bacteria and can burrow in the tissues.
Vibrio cholerae: Bacteria that cause cholera, an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated.
Yersinia pestis: Bacteria that cause plague. Its virulence factor is endotoxin that causes septic shock.
Parker, N., Schneegurt, M., Thi Tu, A.-H., Forster, B. M., & Lister, P. (n.d.). Microbiology. Houston, Texas: OpenStax. Access for free at: https://openstax.org/details/books/microbiology
Prof. Wendy Gideon. Palomar College. https://www2.palomar.edu/