List of clinically important bacteria
This is a list of bacteria that are significant in medicine. It is not intended as an exhaustive list of all bacterial species: that should be at List of bacteria. For viruses, see list of viruses.
A
- Acetobacter aurantius
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Actinomyces israelii
- Agrobacterium radiobacter
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens
- Anaplasma
- Azorhizobium caulinodans
- Azotobacter vinelandii
B
- Bacillus
- Bacteroides
- Bacteroides fragilis
- Bacteroides gingivalis
- Bacteroides melaninogenicus (now known as Prevotella melaninogenica)
- Bartonella
- Bordetella
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Brucella
- Brucella abortus
- Brucella melitensis
- Brucella suis
- Burkholderia
- Burkholderia mallei
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Burkholderia cepacia
C
- Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
- Campylobacter
- Campylobacter coli
- Campylobacter fetus
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Campylobacter pylori
- Chlamydia
- Chlamydophila
- Chlamydophila pneumoniae (previously called Chlamydia pneumoniae)
- Chlamydophila psittaci (previously called Chlamydia psittaci)
- Clostridium
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium difficile
- Clostridium perfringens (previously called Clostridium welchii)
- Clostridium tetani
- Corynebacterium
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Corynebacterium fusiforme
- Coxiella burnetii
E
- Ehrlichia chaffeensis
- Enterobacter cloacae
- Enterococcus
- Enterococcus avium
- Enterococcus durans
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Enterococcus faecium
- Enterococcus galllinarum
- Enterococcus maloratus
- Escherichia coli
F
G
H
- Haemophilus
- Haemophilus ducreyi
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Haemophilus parainfluenzae
- Haemophilus pertussis
- Haemophilus vaginalis
- Helicobacter pylori
K
L
- Lactobacillus
- Lactobacillus acidophilus
- Lactobacillus bulgaricus
- Lactobacillus casei
- Lactococcus lactis
- Legionella pneumophila
- Listeria monocytogenes
M
- Methanobacterium extroquens
- Microbacterium multiforme
- Micrococcus luteus
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium diphtheriae
- Mycobacterium intracellulare
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- Mycobacterium phlei
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycoplasma
N
P
- Pasteurella
- Pasteurella multocida
- Pasteurella tularensis
- Peptostreptococcus
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Prevotella melaninogenica (previously called Bacteroides melaninogenicus)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
R
- Rhizobium radiobacter
- Rickettsia
- Rickettsia prowazekii
- Rickettsia psittaci
- Rickettsia quintana
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Rickettsia trachomae
- Rochalimaea
- Rochalimaea henselae
- Rochalimaea quintana
- Rothia dentocariosa
S
- Salmonella
- Salmonella enteritidis
- Salmonella typhi
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Serratia marcescens
- Shigella dysenteriae
- Staphylococcus
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
- Streptococcus
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Streptococcus avium
- Streptococcus bovis
- Streptococcus cricetus
- Streptococcus faceium
- Streptococcus faecalis
- Streptococcus ferus
- Streptococcus gallinarum
- Streptococcus lactis
- Streptococcus mitior
- Streptococcus mitis
- Streptococcus mutans
- Streptococcus oralis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Streptococcus rattus
- Streptococcus salivarius
- Streptococcus sanguis
- Streptococcus sobrinus
T
V
- Vibrio
- Vibrio cholerae
- Vibrio comma
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Vibrio vulnificus