List of clinically important bacteria
This is a list of bacteria that are significant in medicine. It is not intended as an exhaustive list of all bacterial species: that should be at List of bacteria. For viruses, see list of viruses.
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A
- Acetobacter aurantius
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Actinomyces israelii
- Agrobacterium radiobacter
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens
- Anaplasma
- *Anaplasma phagocytophilum
- Azorhizobium caulinodans
- Azotobacter vinelandii
- viridans streptococci
B
- Bacillus
- *Bacillus anthracis
- *Bacillus brevis
- *Bacillus cereus
- *Bacillus fusiformis
- *Bacillus licheniformis
- *Bacillus megaterium
- *Bacillus mycoides
- *Bacillus stearothermophilus
- *Bacillus subtilis
- *Bacillus thuringiensis
- Bacteroides
- *Bacteroides fragilis
- *Bacteroides gingivalis
- *Bacteroides melaninogenicus
- Bartonella
- *Bartonella henselae
- *Bartonella quintana
- Bordetella
- *Bordetella bronchiseptica
- *Bordetella pertussis
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Brucella
- *Brucella abortus
- *Brucella melitensis
- *Brucella suis
- Burkholderia
- *Burkholderia mallei
- *Burkholderia pseudomallei
- *Burkholderia cepacia
C
- Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
- Campylobacter
- *Campylobacter coli
- *Campylobacter fetus
- *Campylobacter jejuni
- *Campylobacter pylori
- Chlamydia
- *Chlamydia trachomatis
- Chlamydophila
- *Chlamydophila pneumoniae
- *Chlamydophila psittaci
- Clostridium
- *Clostridium botulinum
- *Clostridium difficile
- *Clostridium perfringens
- *Clostridium tetani
- Corynebacterium
- *Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- *Corynebacterium fusiforme
- Coxiella burnetii
E
- Ehrlichia chaffeensis
- Ehrlichia ewingii
- Eikenella corrodens
- Enterobacter cloacae
- Enterococcus
- *Enterococcus avium
- *Enterococcus durans
- *Enterococcus faecalis
- *Enterococcus faecium
- *Enterococcus gallinarum
- *Enterococcus maloratus
- Escherichia coli
F
- Fusobacterium necrophorum
- Fusobacterium nucleatum
G
- Gardnerella vaginalis
H
- Haemophilus
- *Haemophilus ducreyi
- *Haemophilus influenzae
- *Haemophilus parainfluenzae
- *Haemophilus pertussis
- *Haemophilus vaginalis
- Helicobacter pylori
K
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
L
- Lactobacillus
- *Lactobacillus acidophilus
- *Lactobacillus bulgaricus
- *Lactobacillus casei
- *Lactococcus lactis
- Legionella pneumophila
- Leishmania donovani
- Leptospira interrogans
- Leptospira noguchii
- Listeria monocytogenes
M
- Methanobacterium extroquens
- Microbacterium multiforme
- Micrococcus luteus
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Mycobacterium
- *Mycobacterium avium
- *Mycobacterium bovis
- *Mycobacterium diphtheriae
- *Mycobacterium intracellulare
- *Mycobacterium leprae
- *Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- *Mycobacterium phlei
- *Mycobacterium smegmatis
- *Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycoplasma
- *Mycoplasma fermentans
- *Mycoplasma genitalium
- *Mycoplasma hominis
- *Mycoplasma penetrans
- *Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- *Mycoplasma mexican
N
- Neisseria
- *Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- *Neisseria meningitidis
P
- Pasteurella
- *Pasteurella multocida
- *Pasteurella tularensis
- Peptostreptococcus
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Prevotella melaninogenica
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
R
- Rhizobium radiobacter
- Rickettsia
- *Rickettsia prowazekii
- *Rickettsia psittaci
- *Rickettsia quintana
- *Rickettsia rickettsii
- *Rickettsia trachomae
- Rochalimaea
- *Rochalimaea henselae
- *Rochalimaea quintana
- Rothia dentocariosa
S
- Salmonella
- *Salmonella enteritidis
- *Salmonella typhi
- *Salmonella typhimurium
- *Serratia marcescens
- Shigella dysenteriae
- Spirillum volutans
- Staphylococcus
- *Staphylococcus aureus
- *Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
- Streptococcus
- *Streptococcus agalactiae
- *Streptococcus avium
- *Streptococcus bovis
- *Streptococcus cricetus
- *Streptococcus faceium
- *Streptococcus faecalis
- *Streptococcus ferus
- *Streptococcus gallinarum
- *Streptococcus lactis
- *Streptococcus mitior
- *Streptococcus mitis
- *Streptococcus mutans
- *Streptococcus oralis
- *Streptococcus pneumoniae
- *Streptococcus pyogenes
- *Streptococcus rattus
- *Streptococcus salivarius
- *Streptococcus sanguis
- *Streptococcus sobrinus
T
- Treponema
- *Treponema pallidum
- *Treponema denticola
- Thiobacillus
U
- Ureaplasma urealyticum
V
- [Vibrio
- *Vibrio cholerae
- *Vibrio comma
- *Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- *Vibrio vulnificus
W
- Wolbachia
Y
- Yersinia
- *Yersinia enterocolitica
- *Yersinia pestis
- *Yersinia pseudotuberculosis