CALS Farm and Industry Short Course Program: Farm Microbiology: Outlines

SECTION 3.
General Survey of Important Prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archae)

1. Overview of some of the important groups: SEE TABLE on special page.
   
   
2. Some special notes (comments, additions, etc.) concerning the organisms on the table:
   
   
   1. Enterics, lactics, and pseudomonads – meaning of these designations plus some additional features:
      
      
      1. Enteric Bacteria (or just "enterics").
         
         
      2. Lactic Acid Bacteria (or just "lactics").
         
         
      3. Pseudomonads.
         
         
   2. What are coliforms?
      
      
   3. Escherichia coli:
      
      
      1. Habitat.
         
         
      2. Use as indicator organism.
         
         
      3. Use as experimental organism.
         
         
      4. Close relationship to Shigella.
         
         
      5. Pathogenicity of E. coli.
         
         
   4. What is a serotype?
      
      
      1. For precise identification and epidemiology.
         
         
      2. O and H antigens.
         
         
      3. Examples.
         
         

      genus and species	example of serotype designation (the "antigenic formula")
      Salmonella enterica	1,4,5,12:i:1,2
      Escherichia coli	O157:H7

   5. Bioterrorism concerns.
      
      
      1. Yersinia pestis.
         
         
      2. Bacillus anthracis.
         
         
   6. Antibiotic-producing bacteria.
      
      
      1. Many species of Streptomyces.
         
         
      2. Some species of Bacillus and other genera.
         
         

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