Flora and Fauna
- 1681
- Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning
- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on this bacterium that causes food poisoning.
- 1682
- Clostridium botulinum
- Research project by Philip Strandwitz on this bacterium including its classification, habitat and geography, reproduction, adaptations, the conditions it causes and the uses of its toxin, Botox, in cosmetic surgery.
- 1683
- Clostridium difficile
- Information from Wikipedia on this bacillus, its bacteriology, role in disease, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
- 1684
- Clostridium tetani
- Research project by Brennen Unrein on this anaerobic pathogenic bacterium which causes tetanus, including its classification, nutrition, adaptation and pathology.
- 1685
- Firmicutes
- Information from Wikipedia on this division of bacteria, most of which are gram-positive, and their classification.
- 1686
- Lactic Acid Bacteria
- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on the basic biology of these bacteria and their use in the manufacture of yogurt, cheese and other fermented milks.
- 1687
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on the bacterium that causes listeriosis, a food-borne disease.
- 1688
- MRSA
- Research project by Heidi Seubert on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus including its classification, adaptations, symptoms and treatment.
- 1689
- Mycoplasma
- Information from Wikipedia on this genus of bacteria that lack cell walls, their history, characteristics, taxonomy and phylogeny.
- 1690
- Mycoplasma Bovis
- Research project by Garrett Blumer on this bacterium that causes mastitis in cows, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations and nutrition.
- 1691
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Travis Wojtowicz provides information on the organism which is a common cause for bacterial pneumonia infections, its structure and genome, and the disease it causes, its diagnosis and treatment.
- 1692
- Pathogenic Clostridia, Including Botulism and Tetanus
- Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology chapter deals with clostridia, anaerobic bacteria that cause tetanus, botulism, food poisoning, gas gangrene and antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
- 1693
- Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcal Disease
- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on the bacterium Staphylococcus, including MRSA.
- 1694
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most common cause of lobar pneumonia.
- 1695
- The Genus Bacillus
- Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology with information on gram-positive aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, including members of the genus Bacillus.
- 1696
- Azospirillum brasilense
- Photograph and information on this bacterium which lives in soil close to roots and is involved in nitrogen fixation.
- 1697
- Azotobacter
- Photograph of an encysted bacterium, and information on the process by which this free-living organism can fix nitrogen.
- 1698
- Bordetella pertussis
- Britten Wolf provides information on this bacillus, the causal agent of Whooping Cough, and on the disease itself.