BACTERIOLOGY. 



SI 



Pathogenic bacteria are either specific 

 or non-specific according as they produce 

 a specific or non-specific disease. In each 

 of these classes are found cocci, bacilh, and 

 spirilla. The following table contains the 

 most important specific and non-specific bacteria: 



SPEcrFic 

 AND Non- 

 specific 

 Bacteria. 



Non-specific Bacteria. 



Micrococci 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes 



aureus 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes 



citreus 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes 



albus 

 Streptococcus pyogenes 



(Strep, erysipelatis) 

 Pneumococcus 

 Tetragenus albus 

 Tetragenus citreus 



Bacilli 

 Colon group 

 Pneumo-bacillus group 

 B. Pyocyaneus 

 B. Malignant edema 

 B. Aerogenes capsulatus 

 B. Proteus vulgaris 



Specific Spirilla 

 S. Recurrent fever 

 S. Asiatic cholera 

 \ Spirochaeta pallida (syphilis) 



Specific Bacteria. 

 Micrococci 

 Gonococcus 

 Diplococcus intracellularis 



meningitidis 

 Micrococcus melitensis 



(Malta fever) 

 Bacilli 

 B. Anthrax 

 B. Diphtheria 

 B. Glanders 

 B. Typhoid 

 B. Influenza 

 B. Tuberculosis 

 B. Leprosy 



B. Pestis (bubonic plague) 

 B. Tetanus (lock-jaw) 

 B. Dysentery 



