Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 8
Epsilon Proteobacteria
“Names are an important key to what a society values. Anthropologists recognize
naming as one of the chief methods for imposing order on perception.”
David S. Slawson
Bacteria
Proteobacteria
Alpha Proteobacteria (Chapter 5)
Beta Proteobacteria (Chapter 6)
Gamma Proteobacteria (Chapter 7)
Epsilon Proteobacteria (Chapter 8)
Campylobacterales
Helicobacteraceae
*Helicobacter
Campylobacteraceae
*Campylobacter
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)
Astute readers may notice that there is no chapter for the Delta Proteobacteria.
This is because the Delta Proteobacteria contain no organisms that are patho-
genic in humans. Circumstances may change; Class Delta Proteobacteria,
Genus Desulfovibrio has been associated with an opportunistic human infec-
tion [41]. Until more definitive studies come to light, we can skip directly to
Class Epsilon Proteobacteria.
