Directory of Proteobacteria Resources

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Bacteria included in this Phylum.

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• Azospirillum brasilense

  http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zdrs0160.html
  Photograph and information on this bacterium which lives in soil close to roots and is involved in nitrogen fixation.

• Azotobacter

  http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zdrs0309.html
  Photograph of an encysted bacterium, and information on the process by which this free-living organism can fix nitrogen.

• Bordetella pertussis

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/wolf_bri2/
  Britten Wolf provides information on this bacillus, the causal agent of Whooping Cough, and on the disease itself.

• Campylobacter

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campylobacter
  Information from Wikipedia on this group of gram-negative bacteria that can cause food poisoning, their classification, genome and pathogenesis.

• Chondromyces crocatus: The Bacterium that Wanted to be a Fungus

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCELLANEOUS/nov00.htm
  Photographs and information on this species which grows on dung, where individuals mass together and appear to produce fruitbodies similar to a fungus.

• Escherichia coli

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/moder_just/
  Research project by Justine Moder on this ubiquitous bacterium including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition, interactions with other species and pathology.

• Haemophilus influenzae and Hib Meningitis

  http://textbookofbacteriology.net/haemophilus.html
  Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on this parasitic bacterium.

• Helicobacter pylori

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/pluym_evan/
  Research project by Evan Pluym on this bacterium, the cause of stomach ulcers, including its classification, habitat, adaptations, nutrition, life history and pathology.

• Legionella

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella
  Information from Wikipedia on these gram-negative bacteria, their pathogenesis and the control of potential sources of the disease.

• Legionella pneumophila

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/labudda_aman/
  Research project by Amanda a la Budda on this bacterium, the causative agent of Legionnaire's Disease, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and the disease it causes.

• Neisseria Meningitidis

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/bingen_sama/
  Research project by Samantha Bingen on this bacterium, including its classification, the illness it causes, its habitat, reproduction and nutrition.

• Nitrifying Bacterium

  http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zdrs0232.html
  Photograph and information on Nitrosomonas which is able to convert ammonia into nitrite.

• Pathogenic Neisseriae: Gonorrhea, Neonatal Ophthalmia and Meningococcal Meningitis

  http://textbookofbacteriology.net/neisseria.html
  Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology.

• Proteobacteria

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteobacteria
  Information from Wikipedia on this phylum of gram-negative bacteria, now divided by rRNA sequencing into five divisions, alpha, beta, gamma, delta and epsilon.

• Pseudomonas

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomonas
  Information from Wikipedia on this group of bacteria, their history, characteristics, taxonomy, pathogenicity and uses.

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  http://textbookofbacteriology.net/pseudomonas.html
  Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on this bacteriaum that can infect any tissue.

• Pseudomonas syringae

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/campbell_rach/
  Research project by Rachel Campbell on this plant pathogen which has the remarkable property of ice nucleation and is being researched for possible use in agriculture to prevent frost damage to crops.

• Rhizobia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizobia
  Information from Wikipedia on these soil bacteria that form nodules on plant roots and fix nitrogen.

• Rhizobia Taxonomy

  http://www.rhizobia.co.nz/
  Provides an up-to-date taxonomy on this group of bacteria, important in a field where genus and species names have changed rapidly.

• Rhizobium in Soil

  http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zdrr0101.html
  Photograph and information on Rhizobium trifolii with an animated GIF showing its size relative to other organisms.

• Rhizobium leguminosarum

  http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/downloads/bacteria/rhizobium-leguminosarum.html
  Information on the sequencing of the genome of this nitrogen-fixing plant symbiont.

• Rickettsia rickettsii

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/gibson_chel/
  Research project by Chelsea Gibson on this bacterium, including its classification, habitat, reproduction and the Rocky Mountain spotted fever it can cause.

• Rickettsial Diseases, including Typhus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  http://textbookofbacteriology.net/Rickettsia.html
  Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology chapter on Rickettsia bacteria that cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

• Salmonella enteritidis

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/meinhard_jaso
  Research project by Jason Meinhardt at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

• Vibrio

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrio
  Information from Wikipedia on these gram-negative bacteria, their pathogenic strains and non-pathogenic strains and their classification.

• Vibrio cholerae

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/zimmer_hann/
  Research project by Hannah Zimmer on the causative agent of cholera, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and the history of the disease it causes.

• Vibrio vulnificus

  http://textbookofbacteriology.net/V.vulnificus.html
  Chapter from Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology on this bacterium that can cause deadly food poisoning and wound infections.

• Xanthomonas axonopodis citri

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/X_axonopodis_citri.htm
  Description of this bacterial pathogen, the cause of citrus canker, its habitat and distribution, life history, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.

• Yersinia pestis

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/taylor_kri2/
  Kristi Taylor provides information on the organism responsible for the Black Death, its classification, its hosts, the several forms of the disease and its outcome, with or without treatment.

 

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