Microbiology
🦠Bacteria
Single-celled prokaryotes found in every habitat on Earth. Most are harmless or beneficial; only a small fraction cause disease.
Source: Wikipedia💡There are more bacteria in your gut than human cells in your entire body.
58 microbes
🦠 escherichia coli🦠 salmonella enterica🦠 salmonella typhi🦠 klebsiella pneumoniae🦠 yersinia pestis🦠 serratia marcescens🦠 shigella dysenteriae🦠 proteus mirabilis🦠 vibrio cholerae🦠 vibrio vulnificus🦠 pseudomonas aeruginosa🦠 pseudomonas fluorescens🦠 legionella pneumophila🦠 haemophilus influenzae🦠 neisseria meningitidis🦠 neisseria gonorrhoeae🦠 bordetella pertussis🦠 rickettsia prowazekii🦠 agrobacterium tumefaciens🧫 rhizobium leguminosarum🦠 brucella melitensis🦠 helicobacter pylori🦠 campylobacter jejuni🦠 staphylococcus aureus🦠 staphylococcus epidermidis🦠 mrsa🦠 streptococcus pyogenes🦠 streptococcus pneumoniae🦠 streptococcus mutans🦠 enterococcus faecalis🧫 lactobacillus acidophilus🧫 lactobacillus rhamnosus🧫 lactococcus lactis🦠 bacillus anthracis🦠 bacillus subtilis🦠 bacillus cereus🦠 listeria monocytogenes🦠 clostridium botulinum🦠 clostridium tetani🦠 clostridioides difficile🦠 clostridium perfringens🦠 mycobacterium tuberculosis🦠 mycobacterium leprae🦠 corynebacterium diphtheriae🧫 streptomyces griseus🧫 streptomyces coelicolor🧫 bifidobacterium longum🦠 cutibacterium acnes🦠 treponema pallidum🦠 borrelia burgdorferi🦠 leptospira interrogans🔬 spirulina🔬 anabaena🔬 synechococcus🔬 prochlorococcus🦠 chlamydia trachomatis🦠 bacteroides fragilis🦠 porphyromonas gingivalis
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