The document summarizes different types of bacteria in three domains - bacteria, archaea, and proteobacteria. It describes several pathogenic bacteria species, including their characteristics and the diseases they cause. It also discusses taxonomic classification and various identification methods used to classify microorganisms, such as morphological analysis, staining techniques, biochemical tests, serology, genetics, and nucleic acid-based approaches.
13. The Gammaproteobacteria Pseudomonadales Pseudomonas Opportunistic pathogens Metabolically diverse Polar flagella Azotobacter and Azomonas: Nitrogen fixing Moraxella: Conjunctivitis Figure 11.7
14. The Gammaproteobacteria Legionellales Legionella Found in streams, warm-water pipes, cooling towers L. pneumophilia Coxiella Q fever transmitted via aerosols or milk Figure 24.15b
15. The Gammaproteobacteria Vibrionales Found in coastal water Vibrio cholerae causes cholera V. parahaemolyticus causes gastroenteritis Figure 11.8
18. The Gammaproteobacteria Pasteurellales Pasteurella Cause pneumonia and septicemia Haemophilus Require X (heme) and V (NAD+, NADP+) factors Francisella Chemoheterotrophic, tularemia
48. Flow Cytometry Differences in electrical conductivity between species Fluorescence of some species Cells selectively stained with antibody plus fluorescent dye Figure 18.12
49. Genetics DNA base composition Guanine + cytosine moles% (GC) DNA fingerprinting Electrophoresis of restriction enzyme digests rRNA sequencing Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Figure 10.14