Major Groups of Bacteria
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kristenstone on September 15, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Purple phototropic bacteria | largest group of bacteria, metabolically diverse, some use nitrogen gas to form ammonia |
| Green sulfur and non-sulfur bacteria | phototropic, anaerobic |
| cyanobacteria | photosynthetic and produces O2 as a waste product, related to chloroplasts and algae |
| planctomyces/pirella group | budding bacteria, no peptidoglycan layer, protein rich cell wall, aerobes |
| spirochetes | many pathogens, spiral shaped |
| bacteroides | gram negative, anaerobes living in large intestine |
| flavobacterium | live in mouth |
| chlamydia | obligate intracellular pathogen, no peptidoglycan layer |
| Deinococcus | gram positive, radiation resistant, has unusual peptidoglycan layer |
| gram-positives | large group, mycloplasma has no peptidoglycan, many antibiotics (not penicillin) from this group |
| mycoplasma | has no cell but stains gram positive |
| thermotoga | anaerobe that grows at high temperatures |
| Thermus group | gram negative, thermophile, unusual peptidoglycan layer |
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