5 phyla in Bacteria
Proteobacteria
5 classes of Proteobacteria
alphaproteobacteria
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- obligate, intracellular parasite
- metabolically specialized to use glutamate or glutamine as energy source
Wolbachia pipientis
colonize insect eggs
- obligate, intracellular parasite
- metabolically specialized to use glutamate or glutamine as energy source
betaproteobacteria
Burkholderia
Neisseria
Nitrosomonas
- Burkholderia cepacia
- soil organism
- opportunistic pathogen
- disease protection (promote plant growth)
- form biofilms (problem in hospitals)
Neisseriales
Neisseria meningitidis
fatal inflammation of membranes of lining the brain
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
causative agent of gonorrhea
Methylophilales
Methylophilus methylotrophus
Nitrosomonadales
Nitrosomonase europea
Nitrosopira sp.
gammaproteobacteria
largest and most diverse
well-known pathogens
Enterobacteriales
“enteric bacteria”
fermentation - SLP
E. coli
gammaproteobacteria
- nutritional role in intestinal tract (K)
- helps O2 consumption in gut (anoxic)
- pathogenic strains (uti, diarrhea)
- enterohemorrhagic E coli strain (enterotoxin- foodborne disease)
Enterobacter aerogenes
gammaproteobacteria
- water and sewage
- intestional tract
- urinary tract
Klebsiella pneumoniae
gammaproteobacteria
- soils and water
- humans
- fixes N2 - unique in enteric bacteria
Salmonella
gammaproteobacteria
- always pathogenic
- typhoid fever and gastroenteristis
Proteus
gammaproteobacteria
- highly motile
- urease
- causes UTI
Shigella dysenteriae
gammaproteobacteria
- endotoxin
- invades epithelial cells
- excretes neurotoxin
- acute GIT distress
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
gammaproteobacteria
- burn victims, cystic fibrosis
- resistant to antibiotics bc of R plasmid
Vibrio cholerae
deltaproteobacteria
famous deltaproteobacteria
bdellovibrio
myxococcus
desulfovibrio
geobacter
epsilonproteobacteria
helicobacter
campylobacter
- gram neg
- motile
- pathogenic