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BACTERIA
GRAM POSITIVE
Spherical (Coccus)
Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes
Rod (Bacillus)
Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Listeria monocytogenes, Tropheryma whippelii
GRAM NEGATIVE
Spherical (Coccus)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis,
Rod (Bacillus)
Bartonella henselae, Bordetella pertussis, Campylobacter jejuni, Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus ducreyi, Haemophilus influenzae, Helicobacter pylori, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Legionella pnuemophilia, Pasteurella multocida, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Shigella flexneri, Vibrio cholerae
Spiral (Spirochetes)
OTHER
Mycoplasma
Mycobacteria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium avium
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Rickettsia ricketssia, Yersinia pestis,
VIRUSES
DNA VIRUSES
Double stranded circular genome
Double stranded linear genome
Herpesviruses [Herpes simplex virus-1, Herpes simplex virus-2, Varicella-Zoster virus (HHV-3), Epstein-Barr virus (HHV-4), Cytomegalovirus (HHV-5)],
Single stranded linear genome
RNA VIRUSES
Double stranded linear
Single stranded circular
Single stranded linear (positive strand)
FUNGI
Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida albicans, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Aspergillus fumigatus, Blastomyces dermatitidis
PARASITES
PROTISTS
Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Toxoplasma gondii, Trichomonas vaginalis, Trypanosoma cruzi, Babesia microti