Hello there.You can call me C. urealyricum.I'm a Gram Positive rod shaped bacteria.My shape is irregular and I can't make endospores.Unfair! I can cause urinary tract infections by breaking a chemical called urea into little bits.Ammonia crystals get left over and get stuck in your kidneys.I am also very good at giving you kidneys stones.
Hello.I'm C. jeikeium.I'm a Gram Positive rod.I can't make spores and I have an irregular shape.I live on your skin.When I get into prosthetics or metal pieces I set up shop and have a party.I also cause septicaemia and endocarditis.
I got my name because I was part of a group of bacteria called "JK".
Hello.My name is C. diphtheriae.I'm a Gram Positive rod bacteria that can't form any spores.I have an irregular shape.I used to live in lots of placesNow I mostly live where people don't have vaccines for me.I get into your throat and airway and make them swell up.The swelling forms a covering, so you can't breath.I give off toxins that hurt your heart and nerves.
Why, hello hello.I'm known as L. monocytogenes.I'm a Gram Positive rod bacteria that can't form any spores.I live in many meats, vegetables and dairy products.My favourite foods are fancy soft cheeses, pate, coleslaw and sliced meats.
I am especially dangerous for babies, the elderly and those without a good immune system.
In these people I cause listeriosis, made up of bacteraemia and meningitis.In pregnant women I cause granulomatosis infantiseptica.The fetus becomes infected and sometimes dies.
Hello.My name is L. acidophilus.I am a Gram Positive, rod shaped bacteria.I have a nice, regular shape, but I can't form spores.I'm never really dangerous.In fact, I'm usually very helpful.I can live in your mouth or your gut.I'm most important in a woman's vaginal area, because I make sure it is acidic enough to be healthy.
Hello.My name is B. cereus.I'm a Gram Positive rod and I can form spores if I want.I love rice!Rice is one of my favourite places to live, especially if it's been reheated over and over.You can get food poisoning from me that will give you diarrhoea and vomiting.
I use a special toxin to make you sick.
Hello, I'm B. anthracis.I'm a Gram Positive rod that can form a spore.I can live in the soil for years and still be dangerous.I cause anthrax.I kill cattle and horses and humans that touch the animals.
I can act in three different ways.
When I get through your skin I make a black scab and fever.
When I'm inhaled I look like flu, but then I suddenly get you in 24 hours.
I get into your gut in uncooked meat.
If you don't take antibiotics, I'm almost always fatal.
Because I kill quickly, I'm sometimes used by armies as a biological weapon.
Hello hello.You can call me B. thuringiensis.I am a Gram Positive rod.I can form an endospore to protect myself.I can be used as an insectiside.I hurt insects by making crystals inside them.I get sprayed on to rivers and crops.I don't do anything when I get into humans.
Hi there.My name is B. subtilis.I am a Gram Positive bacteria, but I'm a rod.I can be found in soil.I can form an 'endospore', a little coating that protects me.When I'm in my endospore I can survive very high temperatures.I don't often hurt people, infact sometimes I help them.I'm used in labratories to test tools like heating machines.
Hello, I'm E. faecalis.I'm a Gram Positive coccus.I live in your intestines when you are healthy.
But I can be bad when I get into other parts of your body.
If your intestines are torn (like surgery or stabbing) I spill out and infect your abdomen.
I can also cause UTIs if you have a catheter.I can infect leg ulcers, burns and blood.When I infect your heart valves I'm very hard to get rid of.
Hello, I'm S. pneumoniae.I'm a Gram Positive coccus.Sometimes I'm known as the 'pneumococcus'.I'm found in some people's airways.I have a capsule coating that means I can be grouped into 80 'serotypes'.I am the most common cause of pneumonia in healthy people, although I also get into smokers and the elderly.I'm also cause lots of bacterial meningitis.
Hello there.I'm S. mutans.I'm Gram Positive coccus.Like my cousin S. sanguis, I'm an A haemolytic (Viridian) strep.I am one of the most common causes of cavities.I stick to the teeth using a sticky film the makes up dental plaque.
I make acid and eat away at your teeth.
Hi, I'm S. sanguis.I am a Gram Positive coccus, but I am not a B haemolytic strep.I am an A haemolytic strep, which means that when I'm grown on a blood agar plate, I end up green.I am also known as a Viridian strep because of the green colour I make.I am often found in the mouth.I am a common cause of endocarditis, heart valve infection.I can also cause mouth abscesses.
Hello there.You can call me S. canis.I'm a Gram positive coccus and a B haemolytic strep.I am part of the G Lancefield group.I'm mostly a dog bacteria and not very common at all in humans.
You can mostly get me from dog bites or open wounds.
Very occasionally I can cause pharyngitis and tonsillitis.
Hello, my name is S. anginosus.I'm a Gram Positive coccus.
I'm often known to be in the Lancefield F group.
The names of my group members change depending where you live.
For example, we are called different things of the UK and USA!
I cause deep tissue abscesses with pus.
I can infect your blood, heart valves (endocarditis) and your bones (osteomyelitis).
Hi, I'm S. bovis.I'm a Gram Positive coccus and in the D Lancefield group.
However, I only look like a B heamolytic strep in a test made from rabbit blood.
On another test, made from sheep blood, I am an A heamolytic strep.
I cause endocarditis and get into the blood to cause bacteraemia.I am also found in alot of places where colon cancer is found.So if you have me, you should always check for colon cancer.
Hello.
I'm S. equi.
I'm a
Gram Positive coccus .
I'm a B heamolytic strep in the C Lancefield group.
I am mostly found in horses.
I infects their airways and lymph nodes.
If I do get into people, I can cause pharyngitis (sore throat) and tonsillitis.
Hi!My name is S. agalactiae.I'm a Gram Positive coccus and a B heamolytic strep.
I'm part of the B Lancefield group.
I can get into women's genitalia.
In pregnant women, I cause premature labour, urinary tract infections and endometriosis, plus I get into the mother's blood.
But in the baby I am even more troublesome!
I cause pneumonia, meningitis, shock and bacteraemia (in the blood).
Hello there.My name is S. pyogenes.I'm a Gram Positive coccus.I'm whats known as a 'B heamolytic' strep, part of the Lancefield A group.I live in the nose and mouth.I am the number cause of pharyngitis - 'strep throat'.I have many complications, including abscesses, otitis media and sinusitis.I can also cause cellulitis, rashes, pyoderma (yellow pustules), gangrene, rheumatic fever and toxic shock.
Hi, my name is S. caprae.I'm a Gram Positive, coagulase negative coccus. live on healthy human skin.I can also cause bone and joint infections when I get into cuts and wounds.I can cause bacteraemia if I get into your blood.My name originally name from the word 'goat', thats where scientists first found me.
