Gram-negative bacteria: Difference between revisions

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** Lactose-fermenting
 
** Lactose-fermenting
 
*** Fast fermenters
 
*** Fast fermenters
**** Escherichia coli
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**** [[Escherichia coli]]
**** Klebsiella
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**** [[Klebsiella]]
**** Enterobacter
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**** [[Enterobacter]]
 
*** Slow fermenters
 
*** Slow fermenters
**** Citrobacter
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**** [[Citrobacter]]
**** Serratia
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**** [[Serratia]]
 
** Non-lactose-fermenting
 
** Non-lactose-fermenting
 
*** Oxidase-positive
 
*** Oxidase-positive
**** Pseudomonas spp.
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**** [[Pseudomonas]] spp.
**** Burkholderia spp.
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**** [[Burkholderia]] spp.
 
*** Oxidase-negative
 
*** Oxidase-negative
 
**** Urease-positive
 
**** Urease-positive
***** Helicobacter pylori
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***** [[Helicobacter pylori]]
***** Proteus mirabilis
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***** [[Proteus mirabilis]]
 
**** Urease-negative
 
**** Urease-negative
***** Campylobacter
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***** [[Campylobacter]]
***** Shigella
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***** [[Shigella]]
***** Salmonella
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***** [[Salmonella]]
***** Yersinia
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***** [[Yersinia]]
 
* Cocci
 
* Cocci
 
** Neisseria
 
** Neisseria
*** N. meningitidis
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*** [[N. meningitidis]]
*** N. gonorrheae
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*** [[N. gonorrheae]]
 
* Coccobacilli
 
* Coccobacilli
** Haemophilus (''S. aureus'' satellite colonies)
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** [[Haemophilus]] (''S. aureus'' satellite colonies)
** Pasteurella
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** [[Pasteurella]]
** Brucella
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** [[Brucella]]
** Bordatella pertussis
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** [[Bordatella pertussis]]
** Francisella tularensis
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** [[Francisella tularensis]]
** Legionella
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** [[Legionella]]
 
* Anaerobes
 
* Anaerobes
** Bacteroides
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** [[Bacteroides]]
   
 
[[Category:Gram-negative bacteria]]
 
[[Category:Gram-negative bacteria]]

Revision as of 21:18, 14 August 2019

  • Bacteria that have a thin peptidoglycan layer in the cell wall and therefore stain [pink or red] on Gram stain
  • Outer membrane contains lipopolysaccharide (LPS, which consists of lipid A, core polysaccharide, and O antigen)

Organisms