Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Pasteurellales
Pasteurellaceae
*Aggregatibacter
*Haemophilus
*Pasteurella
Pseudomonadales
Moraxellaceae
*Acinetobacter
*Moraxella
Pseudomonadaceae
*Pseudomonas
Thiotrichales
Francisellaceae
*Francisella
Vibrionales
Vibrionaceae
*Vibrio
Epsilon Proteobacteria (Chapter 8)
Spirochaetes (Chapter 9)
Bacteroidetes (Chapter 10)
Fusobacteria (Chapter 10)
Firmicutes
Bacilli (Chapter 12)
Clostridia (Chapter 12)
Mollicutes (Chapter 11)
Chlamydiae (Chapter 13)
Actinobacteria (Chapter 14)
Members of Class Gamma Proteobacteria share a similarity in their ribosomal
RNA, and, like all subclasses of Class Proteobacteria, they are Gram-negative
[33]. Otherwise, the Gamma Proteobacteria have widely divergent properties:
some are aerobic, others not; some are rods, some are cocci; some have a short
curve. others are spiral-shaped; some cells are small, and others are large.
Class Gamma Proteobacteria holds in excess of 20 genera containing about
four dozen species that infect humans. It would be unproductive to describe
each species in this large and heterogeneous group of organisms. The infectious
Gamma Proteobacteria are best understood by understanding the characteristic
features of the major subclasses and their genera. The diseases and clinical
conditions associated each pathogenic species of the Gamma Proteobacteria
are listed at the end of the chapter.
Gamma Proteobacteria
Enterobacteriales
Enterobacteriaceae
*Edwardsiella
