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This article discusses the criteria used to classify and identify microorganisms based on their morphology, staining properties, biochemical tests, and nucleic acids. It also covers the American Type Culture Collection and the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology.
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Criteria for classification and identification of microorganisms morphology
Criteria for classification and identification of microorganisms morphology Others: fragmentation, spores, etc.
Criteria for classification and identification of microorganisms morphology
Criteria for classification and identification of microorganisms morphology
Criteria for classification and identification of microorganisms differential & special staining biochemical tests metabolism-based serology-based comparing nucleic acids rDNA (small subunit & large subunit) (phage typing)
Pyrodictium P: Crenarcheota Geogemma Ignicoccus
Methanobacterium P: Euryarcheota Halobacterium Haloarcula Methanopyrus
Recently discovered Phylum: Nanoarcheota: some of smallest cells known (“nano” = 1/billionth -> implies “very small” ) Species: Nanoarcheum equitans From the report in Nature (5/2/02): Found “on the surface of another Archaean called Ignicoccus (green), whose cells are about 2 millionths of a metre (2 m) across. Each cell sported 30 to 50 Nanoarcheota cells (red).” “The organisms are about 400 billionths of a metre (0.4 m) across - more than six million would fit on the head of a pin.”
P: Firmicutes = low G+C Gram +s Clostridium & allies Clostridium botulinum Clostridium tetani Clostridium difficile Clostridium perfringens
Veillonella P: Firmicutes = low G+C Gram +s Clostridium & allies Paramecium (larger than most human cells) Epulopiscium
P: Firmicutes = low G+C Gram +s Mycoplasma pneumoniae, M. hominis, M. genitalium Ureaplasma sp.
P: Firmicutes = low G+C Gram +s Bacillus anthracis PA = protective antigen EF = edema factor LF = lethal factor
P: Firmicutes = low G+C Gram +s Bacilli B. megaterium B. stearo-thermophilus B. subtilis B. cereus B.c. var. mycoides B. thuringensis =“Bt”
P: Firmicutes = low G+C Gram +s Bacilli Lactobacillus Streptococcus Hemolysis groups: a, b, g Lancefield groups Group A (GAS): S. pyogenes Group B (GBS): S. agalactiae Group D: Enterococci & others No Lancefield group: S. pneumoniae Viridans group: eg: S. mutans Lactococcus
P: Firmicutes = low G+C Gram +s Bacilli Staphylococcus aureus S. epidermidis Listeria
P: Actinobacteria = High G+C Gram +s Mycobacterium M. leprae M. tuberculosis M. avium-intracellulare
P: Actinobacteria = High G+C Gram +s Gardnerella Corynebacterium Bifidobacterium Micrococcus Propionibacterium
P: Actinobacteria = High G+C Gram +s Actinobacteria -> “actinomycetes” Nocardia Actinomyces Streptomyces