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 . For viruses, see list of viruses.
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A[]
- Acetobacter aurantius
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Actinomyces israelii
- Agrobacterium radiobacter
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens
- Anaplasma
- 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 (now known as Prevotella melaninogenica)
- Bartonella
- Bordetella
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Brucella
- Burkholderia
- Burkholderia mallei
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Burkholderia cepacia
C[]
- Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
- Campylobacter
- Campylobacter coli
- Campylobacter fetus
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Campylobacter pylori
- Chlamydia
- Chlamydophila
- Chlamydophila pneumoniae (previously called Chlamydia pneumoniae)
- Chlamydophila psittaci (previously called Chlamydia psittaci)
- Clostridium
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium difficile
- Clostridium perfringens (previously called Clostridium welchii)
- Clostridium tetani
- Corynebacterium
E[]
- Ehrlichia chaffeensis
- Ehrlichia ewingii
- Eikenella corrodens
- Enterobacter cloacae
- Enterococcus
- Escherichia coli
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G[]
H[]
- Haemophilus
- Haemophilus ducreyi
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Haemophilus parainfluenzae
- Haemophilus pertussis
- Haemophilus vaginalis
- Helicobacter pylori
K[]
L[]
- Lactobacillus
- Lactobacillus acidophilus
- Lactobacillus bulgaricus
- Lactobacillus casei
- Lactococcus lactis
- Legionella pneumophila
- Leptospira interrogans
- Leptospira noguchii
- Listeria monocytogenes
M[]
- Methanobacterium extroquens
- Micrococcus luteus
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium intracellulare
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- Mycobacterium phlei
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycoplasma
N[]
P[]
- Pasteurella
- Pasteurella multocida
- Pasteurella tularensis
- Peptostreptococcus
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Prevotella melaninogenica (previously called Bacteroides melaninogenicus)
- 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
- 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
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See also[]
- List of bacterial orders
- List of bacteria genera
- List of human diseases associated with infectious pathogens
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