List of clinically important bacteria

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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[edit]

Acetobacter aurantius

Acinetobacter baumannii

Actinomyces israelii

Agrobacterium radiobacter

Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Anaplasma

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Azorhizobium caulinodans

Azotobacter vinelandii

B[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Enterobacter cloacae

Enterococcus

Enterococcus avium

Enterococcus durans

Enterococcus faecalis

Enterococcus faecium

Enterococcus galllinarum

Enterococcus maloratus

Escherichia coli

F[edit]

Francisella tularensis

Fusobacterium nucleatum

G[edit]

Gardnerella vaginalis

H[edit]

Haemophilus

Haemophilus ducreyi

Haemophilus influenzae

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

Haemophilus pertussis

Haemophilus vaginalis

Helicobacter pylori

K[edit]

Klebsiella pneumoniae

L[edit]

Lactobacillus

Lactobacillus acidophilus

Lactobacillus bulgaricus

Lactobacillus casei

Lactococcus lactis

Legionella pneumophila

Listeria monocytogenes

M[edit]

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[edit]

Neisseria

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria meningitidis

P[edit]

Pasteurella

Pasteurella multocida

Pasteurella tularensis

Peptostreptococcus

Porphyromonas gingivalis

Prevotella melaninogenica (previously called Bacteroides melaninogenicus)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

R[edit]

Rhizobium radiobacter

Rickettsia

Rickettsia prowazekii

Rickettsia psittaci

Rickettsia quintana

Rickettsia rickettsii

Rickettsia trachomae

Rochalimaea

Rochalimaea henselae

Rochalimaea quintana

Rothia dentocariosa

S[edit]

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[edit]

Treponema

Treponema pallidum

Treponema denticola

V[edit]

Vibrio

Vibrio cholerae

Vibrio comma

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Vibrio vulnificus

W[edit]

Wolbachia

Y[edit]

Yersinia

Yersinia enterocolitica

Yersinia pestis

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis