CATEGORY

☗ Former name of the organism

☖ “Also known as”
BACTERIA

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI (STAPHYLOCOCCI) Rothia mucilaginosa

☗ Stomatococcus mucilaginosus

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus schleiferi
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Staphylococcus haemolyticus
Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI (STREPTOCOCCI) Streptococcus pyogenes

Streptococcus agalactiae (GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI)

GROUP C STREPTOCOCCI
○ S. equisimilis
○ S. dysagalactiae
○ S. zoopedimicus
○ S. equi

GROUP D – Non-Enterococci
○ Streptococcus bovis
○ Streptococcus equinus

GROUP D – Gamma Hemolytic

○ Enterococcus faecalis
○ E. faecium
○ E. durans
 ○ E. avium
○ E. gallinarum

GROUP F & G
○ Streptococcus anginosus

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI (ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREP) Streptococcus pneumoniae

Viridans group
● S. sanguinis (S. sanguis)
● S. mitis (mitior)
● S. mutans
● S. salivarius
● S. uberis
● S. constelluts
● S. intermedius
● S. anginosus

Nutritionally Variant Streptococci (NVS) / Abiotrophia

GRAM NEGATIVE COCCI Neisseria meningitidis

☖ Meningococcus

Neisseria gonorrhoea
☖ Gonococcus

Neisseria lactamica

Neisseria flavescens

Neisseria cinerea

Neisseria mucosa

Neisseria polysaccharea

Neisseria sicca
 Neisseria subflava

Neisseria elongata

Neisseria weaveri

Moraxella catarrhalis

Veillonellaceae

GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI Bacillus anthracis

☖ Anthrax bacillus

Bacillus stearothermophilus

Bacillus cereus
☖ Fried Rice bacillus

Bacillus subtilis
☖ Hay or Grass Bacillus

Clostridium perfringens
☖ Frankel’s bacillus or gas gangrene bacillus
☗ C. welchii

Clostridium tetani
☖ Tack head Bacillus
☖ Tetanus bacillus
☖ Drumstick bacillus
☖ Lollipop
☖ Tennis racquet bacillus

Clostridium botulinum
☖ Canned good bacilli
☖ von Ermengen’s bacilli

Clostridium difficile
GRAM POSITIVE NON-SPORE FORMING BACILLI Corynebacterium diphtheriae
☖ Kleb Loeffler’s Bacillus

Diptheroids

Corynebacterium ulcerans

Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum
☖ Hoffman's bacillus

Corynebacterium jeikeium

Corynebacterium minutissimum

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Listeria Monocytogenes

Lactobacillus acidophilus
☖ Doderlein bacillus

MYCOBACTERIA
● Mycobacterium tuberculosis
● Mycobacterium bovis
● Mycobacterium ulcerans
● Mycobacterium africanum
Group I - PHOTOCHROMOGENS
(Runyon’s I - SLOW GROWERS)
● M. kansasii
● M. marinum
● M. simiae

Group II - SCOTOCHROMOGENS
(Runyon’s II - SLOW GROWERS)
● M. scrofulaceum
● M. gordonae
● M. szulgai
 Group III - NON-PHOTOCHROMOGENS
(Runyon’s III - SLOW GROWERS

● M. ulcerans
● M. xenopi
● M. gastri
● M. haemophilum
● M. avium-intracellulare complex (MAI)
● M. intracellulare
● M. avium complex (MAC)
● M. terrae complex
● M. terrae
● M. genovense
● M. paratuberculosis
Group IV - RAPID GROWERS
(Runyon's IV)
● M. fortuitum
● M. chelonae
● M. smegmatis
● Mycobacterium leprae
☖ Leprae bacilli
☖ Hansen’s bacilli

FUNGI-LIKE BACTERIA NON-SPORE FORMING - BRANCHING Nocardia asteroides

AEROBIC
Nocardia brasiliensis

Actinomadura madurae

Streptomyces somaliensis

Streptomyces anulatus
☗ Streptomyces griseus
 Streptomyces paraguayensis

Gordonia

Rhodococcus

Rhodococcus equi
☗ Corynebacterium equi

Tsukamorella spp.

Tsukamorella paurometabola

Tsukamorella whipplei
☗ Tropheryma whippelei

GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC (ENTEROBACTERIACEAE) Escherichia coli

☗ Colon bacillus

SEROTYPES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

● Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC)

● Enteroinvasive E.coli (EIEC)
● Enteroadherent E.coli (EAEC)
● Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC)
● Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC)
● Diffuse Aggregative E.coli (DAEC)
● Uropathogenic E.coli (UPEC)
● Meningitis/sepsis-associated E.coli (MNEC)

Anaerogenic E. coli or Inactive E. coli

☗ Alkalescens dispar

Escherichia hermannii
Escherichia vulneris

Escherichia albertii

KESH (Klebsiella-Enterobacter-Serratia-Hafnia)
Klebsiella

● K. pneumoniae
☖ Friedlander’s bacillus
☖ Bacillus mucosus capsulatus
● K. pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae OZAENAE
● K. granulomatis (Caly mma to bacterium granulomatis)
● K. oxytoca
● K. pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis
● Raoultella (Klebsiella) planticola

Enterobacter
● E. aerogenes (Klebsiella aerogenes)
● E. cloacae
● Pantoea agglomerans (E. agglomerans)
● E. gergoviae
● Cronobacter sakazakii
● E. cancerogenus (E. taylorae)
● E. asburiae
● E. hormaechei
● Hafnia alvei

Serratia
● S. marcescens
● S. liquefaciens
● S. rubidaea
● S. odorifera

Salmonella
➔ S. enterica
➔ S. bongori
➔ Salmonella typhi (Eberth’s bacillus)
Shigella
● Shigella sonnei
● Arizona hinshawii
● Edwardsiella tarda

Citrobacter
● C. freundii
● C. koseri (diversus)
● C. braakii

Proteus
● P. mirabilis
● P. vulgaris
● P. penneri

Morganella
● M. morganii

Providencia
● Providencia alcalifaciens
● Providencia rettgeri
● Providencia stuartii

Yersinia
● Yersinia pestis
● Yersinia enterocolitica
● Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
● Plesiomonas shigelloides

Other genera
● Budvicia
● Buttiauxella
● Cedecea
● Ewingella
● Kluyvera
● Leclercia
● Leminorella
● Trabulsiella
● Moellerella
 ● Photorhabdus
● Rahnella
● Tatumella
● Yokenella

GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI (NON FERMENTATIVE) Pseudomonas

● Fluorescent
○ P. aeruginosa
☗ Bacillus pyocyaneus or
☗ Pseudomonas pyocyanea
○ P. fluorescens
○ P. putida
○ P. veroni
○ P. merceli
○ P. monteilii
○ Shewanella putrefaciens
○ P. stutzeri
○ P. mendocino
○ P. syncynea
☖ blue milk
Burkholderia
● Burkholderia mallei
☗ Plesiomonas mallei
● Burkholderia pseudomallei
☖ Whitmore’s Bacillus
● Burkholderia cepacia
☗ Pseudomonas kingii or
☗ Pseudomonas multivorans

NON-ENTERIC GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOGEN Vibrio cholerae

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Vibrio vulnificus

Other Vibrio spp.

● V. alginolyticus – wound and ear infection;
● V. damsela – wound infection
● V. fluvialis – food poisoning
 ● V. mimicus – food poisoning

Aeromonas
● Aeromonas hydrophila
● Aeromonas caviae
● Campylobacter jejuni
● Campylobacter fetus
☗ Vibrio fetus
● Campylobacter coli & Campylobacter jejuni
● Helicobacter pylori

SMALL GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI & COCCOBACILLI HACEK

● Haemophilus aphrophilus
☖ Aggregatibacter aphrophilus
☖ Foam loving bacteria
● Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
○ Current name: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
● Cardiobacterium hominis
● Eikenella corrodens
☖ Corroding bacilli
● Kingella kingae
● Gardnerella vaginalis

Pasteurella
● P. multocida

Bordetella
● Bordetella pertussis
● Bordetella parapertussis
● Bordetella bronchiseptica

Francisella
● Francisella tularensis
☗ Bacterium tularense
☗ Brucellan tularense
☗ Pasteurella tularensis
 ☗ Jellison type A

Brucella
● Brucella abortus
☖ Bang’s bacillus
● Brucella suis
● Brucella canis
● Brucella melitensis

Legionella
● Legionella pneumophila
● Legionella micdadei
● Legionella bozemanii

MISCELLANEOUS PATHOGENS ● Mycoplasma pneumoniae

● Ureaplasma urealyticum

● Mycoplasma hominis

● Streptobacillus moniliformis

● Myxobacteria

● Capnocytophaga

● Tropheryma whipplei (formerly Tropheryma whippelii)

● Actinomyces israelii, Arachnia propionica, Arachnia naeslundii

● Pneumocytstis jirovecii
 DISEASES

UTI Neonatal Necrotizing Otitis Acute Meningitis Hemolytic Prosthetic valve

meningitis Fasciitis media Bacterial Uremic endocarditis
Endocarditis Syndrome (w/o ranking)
(w/o ranking) (w/o
ranking)

1 Escherichia Streptococcus Type 1: Vibrio Streptococcus Staphylococcu >18 S. Enterohem Staphylococcus

coli agalactiae pneumoniae s aureus pneumoniae orrhagic E. epidermidis
<18 N. coli
meningitidis

2 Klebsiella Escherichia Type 2: Haemophilus Escherichia N. Hafnia Corynebacterium

pneumoniae coli Streptococcus influenzae coli meningitidis Alvei jekeium
or (UPEC) pyogenes (bacterial)
Staphylococ
cus
saphrophytic
us
(community
acquired)

3 Type 3: Moraxella Haemophilus Aeromonas

Clostridium Catarrhalis influenzae Hydrophila
perfringens

Enteroadher Citrobacter Strep.

ent e.coli koserifburn sanguinis

Not S. agalactiae Citrobacter Haemophilus

ran (pregnant) koleri Enterobacter aphrophilus
ked Morganella (not sure (powdered
morganii pang ilan) milk-infant)

Providencia Listeria Vibrio vulnificus Kingella kingae

rettgeri monocytogen
es
 Providencia K. Streptococcus
stuartii pneumoniae sanguis
(dwelling
catheters)

Pseudomona
s fluorescens

Burkholderia
cepacia

Nosocimial Whipple’s Water Diarrhea Gangrene ICU isolate Cystic Bacillary Burn infection
wound Disease (not ranked) (not ranked) fibrosis bacteremia
infection

1 Staphylococ Tropheryma Bacillus cereus Clostridium Pseudomonas Pseudomona Escherichia Staphylococcus

cus aureus whipplei (w/o fever) perfringens aeruginosa s aeruginosa coli aureus

2 Escherichia Vibrio Cholerae Clostridium Bukholderia Klebsiella Pseudomonas

coli (rice watery) myonecrosis cepacia pneumonia aeruginosa
e

3 Pseudomona Campylobacter Pseudomo

s aeruginosa fetus nas
aeruginosa

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Neisseria gonorrhoea
Ophthalmia neonatorum

Gonorrhea

Waterhouse Friedrichsen Syndrome Neisseria meningitidis

Johne’s disease Moraxella paratuberculosis

GRAM POSITIVE BACILLI

Diphtheria Corynebacterium diptheriae

Erysipelas >
Streptococcus progenes
-

Erysipeloid Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Floppy baby syndrome Clostridium botulinum

Pseudomembranous colitis/ antibiotic diarrhea Clostidium difficile

Wasserman-Takaki Phenomenon Clostridium tetani

GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI (HACEK)

Acute epiglottitis Haemophilus influenzae

Bacterial vaginosis Gardnerella vaginalis

Destructive/Juvenile periodontitis Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Melioidosis - Bukholderia pseudomallei

Pink eye/ Brazilian purpuric fever Haemophilus aegypticus

Soft chancre Haemophilus ducreyi

NON-FERMENTATIVE GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI

Catheter-related sepsis in pxn with cancer Pseudomonas putida

Ecthyma gangrenosum Pseudomonas aeruginosa

- Pseudomonas fluorescens
Transfusion associated septicemia
-
Pseudomonas putida

Glanders (disease of horses) Burkholderia mallei

Melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei

-

Foot ron (man) Burkholderia pseudomallei

Onion bulb (plant)

Vibrio fluvialis

Pasteurela
Shipping sever >
-
Food poisoning Vibrio mimicus

Inflammatory bowel Disease Aeromonas caviae

Gastroenteritis
Campylobacter jejuni
Guillain-Barre syndrome

Septic arthritis cam py loooter jejuni

Peptic ulcer Helicobacter pylori

Red leg disease Aeromonas

GRAM NEG ENTERIC BACILLI

Atrophic rhinitis Klebsiella pneumoniae subp. ozaenae

Bloody diarrhea Enteroinvasive E.coli

Granulomatous/Rhinoscleroma K.pneumoniae subp. ehinoscleromatis

GI infection Edwardsiella tarda

Grossly bloody diarrhea Enterohemorrhagic E.coli

Paratyphoid fever Salmonella paratyphi

Relapsing water diarrhea Enteropathogenic E.coli

Renal stone Proteus mirabilis

Traveller’s diarrhea Enterotoxigenic E.coli

Typhoid fever Salmonella typhi (S. eneterica subp. typhi)

Water diarrhea w/o blood Enteroaggregative E.coli

Pseudoappendicular syndrome Yersinia enterocolitica

Pseudomembranous corprebacterium
> diphtherian
phamngitis
-
12th most isolated in pediatric patient Serratia

SPIROCHETES AND MISCELLANEOUS BACTERIA

Syphilis
Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
Hard chancre

Yaws or frambesia Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue

Endemic syphilis (bejel) Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum

Carate of pinta Treponema pallidum carateum

Rabbit syphilis (venereal spirochetosis) Treponema cuniculi

Trench mouth
Treponema vincentii
Vincent’s mouth

Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi

Trench mouth/Vincent’s angina Fusobacterium

Sodoku fever Spirillum minor/minus

Lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis

Parrot fever/ Ornithosis/Psittacos Chlamydia psittaci

Taiwan acute respiratory Chlamydia pneumoniae

Rickettsia rickettsii

Spotted fever Rickettsia conorii

Rickettsia akari

Rickettsia typhi
Typhus fever
 Rickettsia prowazeki

Scrub typhus fever Orientia tsutsugamushi

Weil’s disease Leptospira interrogans var icterohaemorrhagiae

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Neorickettsia sennetsu Sennetsu

Q fever Coxiella burnetti

Steven Johnson Syndrome

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Community acquired atypical pneumonia

Rat bite fever (U.S and Europe)

Streptobacillus moniliformis
Haverhill fever

Rat bite fever (Asia) Spirillum minor/minus

Septicemia w/ neutropenic pxn Capnocytophaga

Capnocytophaga sputigena
Juvenile onset diabetes
Capnocytophaga gingivalis

Whipple’s disease Tropheryma whipplei

Human actinomycosis or lumpy jaw Actinomyces israelii, Arachnia propionica and Arachnia naeslundi

Pneumonia (in AIDs pxn) Pneumocystis jirovecii

 TEST

TEST BACTERIA
Anton’s test Listeria monocytogenes
CAMP test Streptococcus agalactiae
Dicks Test Streptococcus pyogenes (scarlet fever)
Francis Test Streptococcus pneumoniae
Forshay skin test Francisella tularensis
Hanging drop method Listeria monocytogenes
Hippurate hydrolysis Helicobacter jejuni
Mantoux skin test Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Reverse CAMP test Clostridium perfringens
Schick’s test

Modified Elek’s Test Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Roemer’s Test

Sorbitol MAC E. coli 0157 :

H7

Urea breath test Helicobacter pylori

Western blot test Treponema pallidum (congenital syphilis)
Weil Felix test Proteus vulgaris
Frei skin test Chlamydia trachomatis
Manganese Chloride Test Mycop lasma hominis

RAPID TEST

Butyrate Disk Test Moraxella catarrhalis

 Gene expert Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Optochin test (taxo P) Streptococcus pneumoniae
Reverse CAMP test (identification) Clostridium perfringens

Naglers reaction

Superoxol Test Neisseria gonorrhoea

Bacitracin Staphylococcus areas

streptococcus pyogenes

MORPHOLOGY

STAPHYLOCOCCUS

GRAPE LIKE Staphylococcus aureus

GRAM NEGATIVE COCCI

BIRDS NEST Moraxella xenopi

BREAD-LIKE CRUMB COLONIES Neisseria sicca

CRATER LIKE Streptococcus pneumoniae

(bullet/ donut / nail head shape)

COFFEE BEAN/KIDNEY Neisseria meningitidis Neisseria gonorrhoea

HOCKEY PUCK Moraxella catarrhalis

MYCOBACTERIUM

CAULIFLOWER Mycobacterium tuberculosis Yersinia pestis(BAP)

 GRAM POSITIVE BACILLI

CAULIFLOWER Mycobacterium tuberculosis

STRING OF PEARL
(medusa/lion head/rod/beaten egg) Bacillus anthracis

PINE TREE

INVERTED CHRISTMAS TREE Listeria Monocytogenes

UMBRELLA SHAPE

TACK Clostridium tetani

HEAD/TETANUS/DRUMSTICK/LOLLIPOP
/TENNIS RACQUET BACILLUS

CHINESE LETTER/PICKET FENCE Corynebacterium diphtheriae

CONVEX FRIED EGG Corynebacterium diphtheriae var mitis

SMALL DRY GRAY BLACK COLONIES Corynebacterium diphtheriae var intermedius

ON CTA

DAISY HEAD Corynebacterium diphtheriae var gravis

TEST TUBE/LAMP BRUSH Erysielothrix rhusiopathiae

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

TEAR DROP SHAPE Cardiobacterium hominis

MERCURY DROPLETS Bordetella pertussis

SAND APPEARANCE Brucella

FISH EYE Enterobacter

 CLUB SHAPE Corynebacterium diphtheriae Propionibacteri Corynebacterium jeikeium
um acnes

SAFETY PIN Klebsiella Yersinia Burkholderia

granulomatis pestis pseudomallei Pasteurella

GROUND GLASS APPEARANCE Bacillus Bacillus Clostridium

subtilis anthracis difficile Pseudomonas aeruginosa

NON-FERMENTATIVE GRAM NEG BACILLI

WRINKLED Pseudomonas P. oryzihabitans Burkholderia pseudomallei

stutzeru

BULL’S EYE Aeromonas Yersinia enterocolitica

S SHAPE/SEAGULL WINGED Campylobacter jejuni sommbrio Spp .

U SHAPE/SPIRAL SHAPE Helicobacter pylori

GRAM NEG ENTERIC BACILLI

STACKED BRICK Enteroaggregative E.coli

FISHEYE APPEARANCE -
Enterobacter

STALACTITE PATTERN/HAMMERED & Yersinia pestis

SPIROCHETES AND MISCELLANEOUS BACTERIA

CRATER-LIKE (between teeth) Fusobacterium

Morula (mulberry-like bodies) Ehrlichia

CORKSCREW APPEARANCE
Streptobacillus moniliformis
L-FORM COLONIES
 MOTILITY

Corkscrew Motility Treponema pallidum Darting motility Campylobacter jejuni

Darting motility Campylobacter jejuni

Gliding Motility Myxobacteria

Capnocytophaga

Shooting star motility Vibrio cholerae

Swarming motility Proteus

Kingella kingae
Twitching motility
Eikenella corrodens

CULTURE MEDIA USED

Fletcher’s Leptospira Glucose Cysteine agar

Francisella tularensis
Bordet-gengou Bordetella pertussis Peptone Cysteine Agar

Lowenstein-Jensen/Middleb Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cysteine Heart Agar

rook7H-10/Middlebrook7H-9
Broth

Thayer-Martin Neisseria Castaneda broth

Brucella melitensis
MacBride Agar Listeria monocytogenes Trypticase soy broth

W medium Brucella Brucella broth agar

Mannitol salt agar Staphylococci Wisconsin agar

Loeffler’s/Tinsdale/Tellurite Corynebacterium diphtheriae Buffered Charcoal yeast Agar Legionella

Cycloserine Cefoxitin Clostridium difficile Tomato juice agar Lactobacillus acidophilus

Fructose agar MacBride agar (specific)

Cystine tellurite Agar Corynebacterium diphtheriae Watsaguma agar Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Cefsulodin Irgasan Yersinia Seller’s medium Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Novobiocin

Campylobacter jejuni
Cetrimide Agar Pseudomonas aeruginosa Serology Test

John Kendrick charcoal Ashdown culture medium with Burkholderia pseudomallei

agar colistin

Regan lowe agar Bordetella pertussis

Charcoal cephalexin agar

Casamino broth/Stainer and

Scholt

Vibrio cholerae Modified Skirrow’s

Tellurite Gelatin Agar

Thiosulfate citrate bile salt Campy-BAP Campylobacter jejuni

sucrose agar
Kelly medium Modified Charcoal
(Barbour-stoenner-kelly) Cefoperazone
Borreliae
Noguchi medium with Campy-CVA
ascitic fluid

Ellinghausen-McCullough Leptospira Hayflick agar Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Johnson-Harris

Modified New York Ciyt BHI- Cystine broth w/ panmede Streptobacillus moniliformis
medium Mycoplasma hominis

A7 or A8 medium

CULTURE MEDIA REQUIREMENT (Growth Factors)

Isovitalex enrichment Haemophilus Alkaline peptone water Vibrio cholerae

Nicotinic acid, Cysteine, and Bordetella Alkaline peptone water

Methionine Campylobacter fetus

Cysteine Francisella tularensis Buffered saline glycerol

Erythritol Brucella Glucose Mycoplasma pneumoniae

L-cysteine Legionella Urease Ureaplasma urealyticum

Arginine Mycoplasma hominis

ALTERNATIVE NAME

GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC BACILLI GRAM NEG: NON-SPORE FORMER BACILLI

Brucella abortus Bang’s bacillus Madura foot Actinomadura madurae

 Escherichia coli Colon bacillus Tap water bacillus M. gordonae

Inactive E. coli Alkalescens dispar Tap water bacillus M. gordonae

K. pneumoniae Friedlander’s bacillus, Bacillus Cross barred bacillus M. Kansasii

mucosus capsulatus

Raoultella (Klebsiella) Environmental organisms Swimming pool granuloma M. marinum

planticola

S. marcescens Red milk Tap water bacillus M. gordonae

Bacillus pycoyaneus

Salmonella typhi (Eberth’s Typhoid fever Battey bacillus M. intracellulare

bacillus)

Swimming pool granuloma M. marinum

Salmonella entertidis Gartner’s bacillus Raddish bacillus M.terrae

S. flexneri Strong’s bacillus Leprea bacilli Mycobacterium leprae

Gay-bowel syndrome Hansen’s bacilli

Captain of all these men of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

death

S. boydii Boyd’s bacillus or Actinomycotic mycetoma Nocardia brasilensis

Newcastle-Manchester
bacillus

S. sonnei Sonne Duval bacillus or GRAM POSITIVE BACILLI

Sonne’s

Arizona hinshawii Salmonella arizonae Anthrax bacillus Bacillus anthracis

C. koseri C. diversus Fried rice bacillus Bacillus cereus

P. vulgaris Weil-Felix Test Grass bacillus Bacillus subtilis

 Yersinia pestis Plague Bacillus Frankel’s bacillus Clostridium perfringens
Gas gangrene bacillus

SMALL PLEOMORPHIC: GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI Tennis racquet/tetanus bacillus Clostridium tetani
FASTIDIOUS COCCOBACILLI

Aggregatibacter Foam Loving Bacteria Canned good bacilli Clostridium botolinum

aphrophilus/Haemophilus
aphrophilus

Eikenella corrodens Corroding bacilli Kleb Leofflers bacillus Corynebacterium diptheriae

Bordetella bronchiseptica Kennel’s cough Hoffman’s bacillus C. pseudotuberculosis

Bordetella pertussis Bordet Gengou Bacillus Doderlein bacillus Lactobacillus acidophilus

Brucella abortus Bang’s bacillus SPIROCHETES

Treponema pallidum Syphilis (Blood vessel disease,

Italian disease, The great pox
disease, Bad Blood, Lues)

Francisella tularensis Bacterium tularense Borrelia burgdorferi Etiologic agent of Lyme disease
Brucellan tularense (Lyme arthritis,
Pasteurella tularensis Bannwarth’s syndrome,
Jellison type A Erythema Chronicum)

Gardnerella vaginalis Haemophilus vaginalis or Borrelia recurrentis Louseborne or Epidemic

Corynebacterium vaginalis relapsing fever

Legionella micdadei Pittsburg pneumonia Borrelia turicatae and Borrelia Tickborne or Endemic relapsing
parkeri fever

Legionella bozemanni Wiga’s agent of pneumonia Borrelia duttoni endemic tickborne relapsing
fever (TBRF) west Africa

Haemophlius Blood Loving Bacteria C. trachomatis TRIC agent

Haemophilus aegyptius Koch-Weeks bacillus C. psittaci Parrot fever or Psittacosis

 Haemophilus ducreyi Chancroid bacillus/Ducreyi’s C. pneumoniae TWAR (Taiwan Acute
bacillus Respiratory)

Haemophilus influenzae Pfeiffer bacillus Ehrlichia phagocytophila Human Granulocytotropic

Ehrlichiosis

NON-FERMENTATIVE GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI Mycoplasma pneumonia Walking pneumonia

Aeromonas Red Leg Disease Treponema pallidum Causative Agent of Syphilis

Turning Thread

Aeromonas hydrophila Water-loving organism Syphilis Blood Vessel Disease

Bukholderia pseudomallei Whitmore’s Bacillus Leptospira interrogans var Swineherd’s disease

Vietnamese Time Bomb icterohemorrhagiae Fort Bragg fever
7-day fever
infectious jaundice
March fever
Black jaundice
Nanukayami fever
Pretibial fever
Canicola fever
Autumnal fever

Burkholderia cepacia Pseudomonas kingii Treponema cuniculi Venereal spirochetosis

Pseudomonas multivorans Rabbit syphilis

Streptobacillus moniliformis Fluffball/puffball

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Agent of Blue Pus GRAM NEGATIVE COCCI

Jacuzzi or hot tub syndrome
Shanghai Fever

Pseudomonas syncyanea Blue milk Neisseria gonorrhoea Gonococcus

Vibrio cholerae Comma bacillus Neisseria meningitidis Meningococcus

Vibrio parahaemolyticus Summer diarrhea Streptococcus pyogenes Beta hemolytic streptococci

 Streptococcus virdans Alpha hemolytic streptococci

PIGMENTATION

YELLOW ● Chryseobacterium and Elizabethkingia spp.

● Sphingomonas paucimobilis
● Pseudomonas (Chryseomonas) luteola
● Pseudomonas oryzihabitans
● Sphingobacterium spp.
● Pseudomonas stutzeri (light yellow)
● Bukholderia cepacia (or yellow-green)

PURPLE ● Acinetobacter sp.

● Microccoci

GREEN ● Vibrio cholerae (BAP)

RED ● Escherichia coli

● Enterobacter
● Klebsiella

BLUE ● Arizona hinshawii

● Micrococci

BLUE-GREEN ● Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PINK ● Roseomonas spp.

● Methylobacterium spp.
● Escherichia coli
● Enterobacter
● Klebsiella

VIOLET ● Chromobacterium violaceum

TAN ● Pseudomonas stutzeri

● Shewanella putrefaciens

LAVENDER TO LAVENDER ● Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

 GREEN (BAP)

BROWN ● Haeomophilus

SILVER ● Bordetella

COLORLESS ● Proteus-Morganella-Providencia
● Edwardsiella
● All Shigella
● All Salmonella except Arizona / Hafnia
● All Yersinia except. Y. enterocolitica
○ Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (EMB: to purple) (MAC: to peach)

PINK AFTER 48 HRS ● Citrobacter

● Serratia
● S. sonnei
● Y. enterocolitica
● A. hinshawii (S. arizonae)

ODOR

Honeysuckle Group F and G Strep

Horse stable/ barn yard Clostridium Difficile

Rotten Potato S. odorifera

Burnt Gun Powder/Burnt P. mirabilis

Chocolate/

Sweet Alcaligenes faecalis

Myroides odoratus
P. aeruginosa

Popcorn Neisseria zoodegmatis

Grape-like Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
 Earthy Burkholderia pseudomallei
Burkholderia cepacia

Mousy Haemophilus
influenzae

Bleach Eikenella corrodens

Malodor Gardnerella
vaginalis

Mushroom Pasterurella
multocida

Foul Anaerobes