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Causes leptospirosis. Gram-negative spirochete. Acquired through water contaminated with animal urine.

Causes cholera. Gram-negative comma-shaped. Produces cholera toxin leading to severe dehydration.

Causes pneumonia, meningitis, and otitis media. Gram-positive coccus. Encapsulated and often diplococcus shaped.

Causes Legionnaires' disease. Gram-negative rod. Thrives in water systems, resistant to many disinfection methods.

Causes gastric ulcers, gastric cancer. Gram-negative, spiral-shaped. Lives in the stomach lining.

Causes respiratory tract infections, UTIs, wound infections. Gram-negative coccobacillus. Notable for multidrug resistance.

Associated with acne vulgaris. Gram-positive rod. Anaerobic, part of the normal skin flora.

Causes whooping cough. Gram-negative coccobacillus. Produces pertussis toxin.

Causes gastroenteritis. Gram-negative spiral-shaped. Associated with poultry.

Causes pseudomembranous colitis. Gram-positive rod. Forms spores and produces two major toxins.

Causes tularemia. Gram-negative coccobacillus. Can survive in macrophages.

Causes pneumonia, UTIs, and sepsis. Gram-negative rod. Encapsulated and known for its mucoid colonies.

Causes otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis. Gram-negative diplococcus. Oxidase-positive, often affects children and COPD patients.

Causes listeriosis. Gram-positive rod. Can grow at refrigeration temperatures, affects pregnant women greatly.

Causes chlamydia, trachoma, and lymphogranuloma venereum. Gram-negative. Obligate intracellular pathogen.

Causes atypical pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinusitis. Gram-negative. Obligate intracellular pathogen.

Causes UTIs, endocarditis, and biliary tree infections. Gram-positive coccus. Known for its high level of antibiotic resistance, including vancomycin.

Causes anthrax. Gram-positive rod. Forms endospores, found in soil.

Causes atypical pneumonia, also known as 'walking pneumonia'. Lacks a cell wall, smallest self-replicating bacterium.

Causes meningococcal meningitis. Gram-negative diplococcus. Capsulated.

Causes diphtheria. Gram-positive rod. Produces a toxin that can lead to pseudomembrane over the tonsils and pharynx.

Causes Lyme disease. Gram-negative spirochete. Transmitted by ticks.

Causes intra-abdominal infections, abscesses. Gram-negative rod. Part of normal gut flora, anaerobic.

Causes strep throat, scarlet fever, and rheumatic fever. Gram-positive coccus. Forms chains.

Causes skin infections, food poisoning, and MRSA. Gram-positive coccus. Often forms clumps.

Causes salmonellosis and typhoid fever. Gram-negative rod. Transmitted through contaminated food or water.

Causes plague including bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic forms. Gram-negative rod. Vector-borne through fleas.

Causes gas gangrene, food poisoning. Gram-positive rod. Anaerobic, produces powerful exotoxins.

Causes gonorrhea. Gram-negative diplococcus. Often asymptomatic in females, can disseminate.

Associated with periodontal disease, Lemierre's syndrome. Gram-negative rod. Anaerobic, found in the oral cavity.

Causes respiratory system infections, UTIs, dermatitis. Gram-negative rod. Notable for its blue-green pigment and multidrug resistance.

Causes leprosy (Hansen's disease). Acid-fast bacillus. Prefers cooler temperatures, affects skin and peripheral nerves.

Causes brucellosis or undulant fever. Gram-negative coccobacillus. Zoonotic, transmitted from animals to humans.

Causes tuberculosis. Acid-fast bacillus. Slow-growing, forms complex cell wall.

Causes syphilis. Gram-negative spirochete. Sexually transmitted, has several stages.

Causes tetanus. Gram-positive rod. Anaerobic, produces a neurotoxin that causes muscle contractions.

Causes nosocomial infections, pneumonia, UTIs. Gram-negative rod. Notable for producing red pigment at room temperature.

Causes non-gonococcal urethritis. Lacks a cell wall. Breaks down urea with its urease enzyme.

Causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Gram-negative. Obligate intracellular pathogen, transmitted by ticks.

Causes food poisoning, urinary tract infections. Gram-negative rod. Has many strains with varying pathogenicity.

Causes shigellosis or bacillary dysentery. Gram-negative rod. Human-specific pathogen.

Causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Gram-negative. Obligate intracellular pathogen, transmitted by ticks.

Causes botulism. Gram-positive rod. Anaerobic, produces a potent neurotoxin.

Causes epidemic typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease. Gram-negative. Obligate intracellular pathogen, transmitted by lice.

Causes respiratory tract infections, meningitis. Gram-negative coccobacillus. Can be encapsulated.

Causes bacterial vaginosis. Gram-variable rod. Associated with an imbalance of vaginal flora.