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* Bacteria that have a '''thick peptidoglycan layer''' in the cell wall and therefore stain '''purple''' on [[Gram stain]]
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*Bacteria that have a '''thick peptidoglycan layer''' in the cell wall and therefore stain '''purple''' on [[Gram stain]]
   
== Organisms ==
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==Organisms==
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* Cocci
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*Cocci
** Clusters/groups (staphylococcal species)
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**Clusters/groups (staphylococcal species)
*** Catalase-positive
 
**** Coagulase-positive
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***Catalase-positive
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****Coagulase-positive
***** ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]''
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*****[[Staphylococcus aureus]]
**** [[Coagulase-negative Staphylococci|Coagulase-negative]]
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****[[Coagulase-negative Staphylococci|Coagulase-negative]]
***** ''Staphylococcus epidermidis''
 
***** ''Staphylococcus saprophyticus''
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*****[[Staphylococcus epidermidis]]
***** ''Staphylococcus lugdenensis''
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*****[[Staphylococcus saprophyticus]]
 
*****[[Staphylococcus lugdunensis]]
** Chains/pairs (streptococcal and enterococcal species)
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**Chains/pairs (streptococcal and enterococcal species)
*** Catalase-negative
 
 
***Catalase-negative
**** Streptococci
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****Streptococci
***** Alpha-hemolytic: partial hemolysis
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*****Alpha-hemolytic: partial hemolysis
****** ''[[S. pneumoniae]]''
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******[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
****** [[Viridans group streptococci|Viridans group]]
 
******* Milleri group
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******[[Viridans group streptococci]]
******** ''S. anginosus''
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*******[[Streptococcus anginosus]]
***** Beta-hemolytic: complete hemolysis
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*****Beta-hemolytic: complete hemolysis
****** Group A (''[[S. pyogenes]]'')
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******Group A ([[Streptococcus pyogenes]])
****** Group B (''S. agalactiae'')
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******Group B ([[Streptococcus agalactiae]])
****** Group C-H
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******Group C-H
***** Gamma-hemolytic: no hemolysis
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*****Gamma-hemolytic: no hemolysis
****** ''S. bovis''
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******[[Streptococcus bovis]] (Group D)
**** Enterococci
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****Enterococci
***** ''[[E. faecalis]]''
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*****[[Enterococcus faecalis]]
***** ''[[E. faecium]]''
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*****[[Enterococcus faecium]]
* Bacilli
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*Bacilli
** Spore-forming
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**Spore-forming
*** Anaerobic
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***Anaerobic
**** ''[[Clostridioides difficile]]'' (diarrhea)
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****''[[Clostridioides difficile]]'' (diarrhea)
**** ''[[Clostridium perfringens]]'' (gas gangrene)
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****''[[Clostridium perfringens]]'' (gas gangrene)
**** ''[[Clostridium tetani]]'' (tetanus)
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****''[[Clostridium tetani]]'' (tetanus)
**** ''[[Clostridium botulinum]]'' (botulism)
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****''[[Clostridium botulinum]]'' (botulism)
*** Aerobic
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***Aerobic
**** ''[[Bacillis anthracis]]'' (anthrax)
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****''[[Bacillis anthracis]]'' (anthrax)
**** ''[[Bacillis cereus]]'' (food poisoning)
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****''[[Bacillis cereus]]'' (food poisoning)
** Non-spore-forming
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**Non-spore-forming
*** Anaerobic
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***Anaerobic
**** ''[[Cutibacterium acnes]]''
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****''[[Cutibacterium acnes]]''
*** Aerobic
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***Aerobic
**** ''[[Listeria monocytogenes]]'' (food poisoning) (small and motile)
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****''[[Listeria monocytogenes]]'' (food poisoning) (small and motile)
**** ''[[Corynebacterium diphthereae]]'' (diphtheria)
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****''[[Corynebacterium diphthereae]]'' (diphtheria)
** Weakly acid-fast
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**Weakly acid-fast
*** ''[[Nocardia]]''
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***''[[Nocardia]]''
*** ''[[Actinomyces]]''
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***''[[Actinomyces]]''
* Anaerobes
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*Anaerobes
** ''[[Clostridium]]''
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**''[[Clostridium]]''
** ''[[Peptostreptococcus]]''
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**''[[Peptostreptococcus]]''
** ''[[Cutibacterium acnes]]''
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**''[[Cutibacterium acnes]]''
   
 
[[Category:Gram-positive bacteria]]
 
[[Category:Gram-positive bacteria]]

Latest revision as of 20:50, 28 July 2020

  • Bacteria that have a thick peptidoglycan layer in the cell wall and therefore stain purple on Gram stain

Organisms