#eubacteria__eubacterium__truebacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
supertype: moneran__moneron organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
part: flagellum
member of: division_Eubacteria
subtype: bacillus__bacilli__b aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations
subtype: coccus__cocci any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
subtype: staphylococcus__staphylococci__staph spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
subtype: spirilla__spirillum any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
subtype: clostridium__clostridia spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
subtype: botulinus__botulinu__botulinum__Clostridium_botulinum anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
subtype: cyanobacteria__blue-green_algae predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
subtype: nostoc found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
subtype: trichodesmium large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation
subtype: phototrophic_bacteria__phototropic_bacteria__phototropicbacteria green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
subtype: purple_bacteria free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll
subtype: pseudomonad bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
subtype: ring_rot_bacteria__Pseudomonas_solanacearum causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc
subtype: xanthomonad bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants
subtype: nitric_bacteria__nitrobacteria soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
subtype: nitrosobacteria__nitrous_bacteria__nitrousbacteria soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
subtype: thiobacillus small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur
subtype: thiobacteria__sulphur_bacteria__sulphurbacteria__sulfurbacteria any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
subtype: spirillum spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water
subtype: ratbite_fever_bacterium__ratbitefeverbacterium__Spirillum_minus a bacterium causing rat-bite fever
subtype: vibrio__vibrion curved rodlike motile bacterium
subtype: comma_bacillus__Vibrio_comma comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
subtype: Vibrio_fetus bacteria that cause abortion in sheep
subtype: enteric_bacteria__entericbacteria__enterobacteria__enterics rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
subtype: escherichia a genus of enteric bacteria
subtype: Escherichia_coli normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; sometimes pathogenic
subtype: klebsiella a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections
subtype: salmonella rod-shaped gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning
subtype: Salmonella_enteritidis__Gartner's_bacillus a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans
subtype: Salmonella_typhimurium a form of salmonella that causes food poisoning in humans
subtype: typhoid_bacillus__Salmonella_typhosa__Salmonella_typhi a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever
subtype: shigella rod-shaped gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals
subtype: shiga_bacillus__Shigella_dysentariae a bacillus that causes dysentery
subtype: erwinia rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants
subtype: endospore-forming_bacteria__endosporeformingbacteria a group of true bacteria
subtype: rickettsias__rickettsia rod-shaped microorganisms resembling both bacteria and viruses; live in biting arthropods and cause disease in vertebrate hosts
subtype: chlamydia coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
subtype: mycoplasma the smallest self-reproducing prokaryote; lacks a cell wall and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
subtype: pleuropneumonialike_organism__pleuropneumonialikeorganism__PPLO antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans
subtype: actinomycete any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
subtype: streptomyces aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin)
subtype: Streptomyces_erythreus source of the antibiotic erythromycin
subtype: Streptomyces_griseus source of the antibiotic streptomycin
subtype: potato_scab_bacteria__Streptomyces_scabies cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue
subtype: actinomyces__actinomyce soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
subtype: mycobacteria__mycobacterium rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
subtype: tubercle_bacillus__Mycobacterium_tuberculosis cause of tuberculosis
subtype: leprosy_bacillus__Mycobacterium_leprae cause of leprosy
subtype: myxobacteria__myxobacterium__myxobacter__gliding_bacteria__glidingbacteria__slime_bacteria__slimebacteria bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
subtype: lactobacillus__lactobacillu gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria that produce lactic acid especially in milk
subtype: streptococcus__streptococcu__streptococci__strep spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
subtype: spirochete__spirochaete parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
subtype: treponema spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)
subtype: borrelia cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever
subtype: Borrelia_burgdorferi__Lime_disease_spirochete cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
subtype: leptospira important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever
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