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140 microbes, A–Z — tap any to explore its family tree.

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🦠 Bacteria58 🦠 Viruses44 🔬 Protists25 🌋 Archaea8 🧠 Prions And Subviral5

A–Z

A

🦠 Adenovirus 🦠 Agrobacterium tumefaciens 🔬 Alexandrium 🔬 Amoeba proteus 🔬 Anabaena

B

🦠 Bacillus anthracis 🦠 Bacillus cereus 🦠 Bacillus subtilis 🦠 Bacteroides fragilis 🧫 Bifidobacterium longum 🦠 Bordetella pertussis 🦠 Borrelia burgdorferi 🧠 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 🦠 Brucella melitensis

C

🦠 Campylobacter jejuni 🦠 Chikungunya virus 🦠 Chlamydia trachomatis 🔬 Chlamydomonas 🔬 Chlorella 🦠 Clostridioides difficile 🦠 Clostridium botulinum 🦠 Clostridium perfringens 🦠 Clostridium tetani 🦠 Corynebacterium diphtheriae 🧠 Creutzfeldt-jakob disease 🪱 Cryptosporidium parvum 🦠 Cutibacterium acnes 🦠 Cytomegalovirus

D

🦠 Dengue virus 🔬 Dictyostelium discoideum

E

🦠 Ebola virus 🪱 Entamoeba histolytica 🦠 Enterococcus faecalis 🦠 Epstein-barr virus 🦠 Escherichia coli 🔬 Euglena

G

🪱 Giardia lamblia

H

🦠 H5n1 bird flu 🦠 Haemophilus influenzae 🌋 Halobacterium salinarum 🌋 Haloquadratum walsbyi 🦠 Hantavirus 🦠 Helicobacter pylori 🦠 Hepatitis a virus 🦠 Hepatitis b virus 🦠 Hepatitis c virus 🦠 Herpes simplex 1 🦠 Herpes simplex 2 🦠 Hiv-1 🦠 Hiv-2 🦠 Htlv-1 🦠 Human papillomavirus

I

🦠 Influenza a 🦠 Influenza b

K

🔬 Karenia brevis 🦠 Klebsiella pneumoniae 🧠 Kuru

L

🧫 Lactobacillus acidophilus 🧫 Lactobacillus rhamnosus 🧫 Lactococcus lactis 🦠 Lambda phage 🦠 Legionella pneumophila 🪱 Leishmania donovani 🦠 Leptospira interrogans 🦠 Listeria monocytogenes

M

🦠 Marburg virus 🦠 Measles virus 🦠 Mers-cov 🌋 Methanobacterium 🌋 Methanococcus jannaschii 🦠 Monkeypox virus 🦠 Mrsa 🦠 Mumps virus 🦠 Mycobacterium leprae 🦠 Mycobacterium tuberculosis

N

🪱 Naegleria fowleri 🔬 Navicula 🦠 Neisseria gonorrhoeae 🦠 Neisseria meningitidis 🦠 Nipah virus 🌋 Nitrosopumilus maritimus 🔬 Noctiluca scintillans 🦠 Norovirus

P

🔬 Paramecium 🦠 Parvovirus b19 🦠 Phi x 174 🪱 Plasmodium falciparum 🪱 Plasmodium vivax 🦠 Poliovirus 🦠 Porphyromonas gingivalis 🌱 Potato spindle tuber viroid 🔬 Prochlorococcus 🦠 Proteus mirabilis 🦠 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 🦠 Pseudomonas fluorescens 🌋 Pyrolobus fumarii

R

🦠 Rabies virus 🦠 Respiratory syncytial virus 🦠 Rhinovirus 🧫 Rhizobium leguminosarum 🦠 Rickettsia prowazekii 🦠 Rotavirus 🦠 Rubella virus

S

🦠 Salmonella enterica 🦠 Salmonella typhi 🦠 Sars-cov-1 🦠 Sars-cov-2 🧠 Scrapie 🦠 Serratia marcescens 🦠 Shigella dysenteriae 🔬 Spirulina 🦠 Staphylococcus aureus 🦠 Staphylococcus epidermidis 🔬 Stentor 🦠 Streptococcus mutans 🦠 Streptococcus pneumoniae 🦠 Streptococcus pyogenes 🧫 Streptomyces coelicolor 🧫 Streptomyces griseus 🌋 Sulfolobus acidocaldarius 🔬 Synechococcus

T

🦠 T4 phage 🔬 Thalassiosira 🌋 Thermoplasma acidophilum 🪱 Toxoplasma gondii 🦠 Treponema pallidum 🪱 Trichomonas vaginalis 🪱 Trypanosoma brucei 🪱 Trypanosoma cruzi

V

🦠 Vaccinia virus 🦠 Varicella-zoster virus 🦠 Variola virus 🦠 Vibrio cholerae 🦠 Vibrio vulnificus 🔬 Volvox 🔬 Vorticella

W

🦠 West nile virus

Y

🦠 Yellow fever virus 🦠 Yersinia pestis

Z

🦠 Zika virus

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