List of clinically important bacteria

This article provides a list of bacteria that are significant in medicine. Please add to and amend this list as necessary. Please note that this 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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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Acetobacter aurantius
• Acinetobacter baumannii
• Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• Actinomyces Israelii
• Agrobacterium radiobacter
• Agrobacterium tumefaciens
• Azorhizobium caulinodans
• Azotobacter vinelandii
• Anaplasma
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum
  • Anaplasma marginale

B

• Bacillus
  • Bacillus anthracis
  • Bacillus brevis
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Bacillus fusiformis
  • Bacillus licheniformis
  • Bacillus megaterium
  • Bacillus mycoides
  • Bacillus stearothermophilus
  • Bacillus subtilis
• Bacteroides
  • Bacteroides fragilis
  • Bacteroides gingivalis
  • Bacteroides melaninogenicus (now known as Prevotella melaninogenica)
• 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 (previously called Chlamydia pneumoniae)
  • Chlamydophila psittaci (previously called Chlamydia psittaci)
• Clostridium
  • Clostridium botulinum
  • Clostridium difficile
  • Clostridium perfringens (previously called Clostridium welchii)
  • Clostridium tetani
• Corynebacterium
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Corynebacterium fusiforme
• Coxiella burnetii

E

• Ehrlichia chaffeensis
• Enterobacter cloacae
• Enterococcus
  • Enterococcus avium
  • Enterococcus durans
  • Enterococcus faecalis
  • Enterococcus faecium
  • Enterococcus galllinarum
  • Enterococcus maloratus
• Escherichia coli

F

• Francisella tularensis
• 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 casei
  • Lactococcus lactis
• Legionella pneumophila
• 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

N

• Neisseria
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Neisseria meningitidis
• Nocardia asteroides

P

• Pasteurella
  • Pasteurella multocida
  • Pasteurella tularensis
• Peptostreptococcus
• Porphyromonas gingivalis
• 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
• 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

V

• Vibrio
  • Vibrio cholerae
  • Vibrio comma
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Vibrio vulnificus

W

• Wolbachia

Y

• Yersinia
  • Yersinia enterocolitica
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis