Bacteria — The Organisms
Thirty-six profile pages, one per pathogen — what it is, where it lives, the infections it causes, and how it is treated. Browse the full hub at Bacteria — Pathogens, Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance.
- Staphylococcus aureus — Skin infections, food poisoning, and the MRSA problem
- Escherichia coli — Gut resident, UTI champion, and the O157:H7 outbreak strain
- Streptococcus pyogenes — Strep throat, scarlet fever, and rheumatic fever
- Streptococcus pneumoniae — The classic cause of pneumonia and ear infections
- Helicobacter pylori — The stomach-ulcer bacterium that won a Nobel Prize
- Salmonella — The egg-and-poultry food-poisoning standard
- Campylobacter jejuni — The most common bacterial food poisoning worldwide
- Clostridium difficile — The antibiotic-aftermath colitis organism
- Clostridium tetani — The soil spore behind tetanus
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis — The waxy, slow-growing agent of TB
- Borrelia burgdorferi — The Lyme disease spirochete
- Treponema pallidum — The syphilis spirochete
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae — The gonorrhea organism and its rising resistance
- Neisseria meningitidis — The meningococcal meningitis bacterium
- Haemophilus influenzae — Ear infections and meningitis (not the flu, despite the name)
- Bordetella pertussis — The whooping-cough organism
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa — The biofilm-building hospital and burn-wound pathogen
- Klebsiella pneumoniae — A leading multi-drug-resistant hospital pneumonia
- Acinetobacter baumannii — The ICU survivor on the WHO priority-pathogen list
- Enterobacter cloacae — An opportunistic hospital gram-negative
- Enterococcus — Gut resident, UTI and heart-valve pathogen, VRE problem
- Proteus mirabilis — The swarming UTI organism that builds kidney stones
- Serratia marcescens — The pink shower-curtain bacterium with a hospital dark side
- Moraxella catarrhalis — A common cause of childhood ear and sinus infections
- Legionella pneumophila — The water-system pneumonia organism
- Listeria monocytogenes — The deli-meat bacterium that grows in the refrigerator
- Vibrio cholerae — The cholera organism
- Shigella — Dysentery from a tiny infectious dose
- Yersinia pestis — The plague bacterium, from the Black Death to today
- Bacillus cereus — The reheated-rice food-poisoning organism
- Bacillus subtilis — A mostly friendly soil organism used as a probiotic
- Bacteroides fragilis — Helpful gut resident, dangerous when it escapes the gut
- Bartonella henselae — The cat-scratch disease organism
- Chlamydia trachomatis — The intracellular STI organism
- Coxiella burnetii — The Q-fever agent, hardy enough to ride on dust
- Mycoplasma — The wall-less bacterium behind "walking pneumonia"
Connections
- Infections — The section hub with all sub-pages
- Diseases — The full conditions library, organized by medical specialty
- Bacteria Hub — All 36 bacterial pathogen profiles
- Parasites Hub — All 35 parasite profiles
- Infectious Disease Index — The A–Z illness listing
- Gut Health — The friendly side of the bacterial world
- Herbs — Including the antimicrobial and immune-supporting herbs
- Biology — All 137 interactive animations
- Lab Tests — The tests used to diagnose infection
- Health News — Including outbreak coverage