| BACTERIA |
DISEASE / SYMPTOM |
TYPE |
MIN DIA. microns |
SHAPE |
| Neisseria meningitidis |
meningitis |
gram- |
- |
cocci |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae |
pneumonia |
gram- |
0.4 |
rods |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
pneumonia |
gram- |
0.5 |
rods |
| Pseudomonas pseudomallei |
pneumonia |
gram- |
0.5 |
rods |
| Pseudomonas mallei |
pneumonia |
gram- |
0.5 |
rods |
| Acinetobacter |
pneumonia |
gram- |
0.5 |
cocci |
| Moraxella catarrhalis |
- |
gram- |
0.5 |
cocci |
| Moraxella lacunata |
- |
gram- |
0.5 |
cocci |
| Alkaligenes |
- |
gram- |
- |
- |
| Cardiobacterium |
- |
gram- |
- |
- |
| Haemophilus influenzae |
flu |
gram- |
1 |
rods |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae |
flu |
gram- |
1 |
rods |
| Bordetella pertussis |
whooping cgh |
gram- |
0.5 |
cocci |
| Francisella tularensis |
pneum./fever |
gram- |
- |
cocci |
| Legionella pneumophila |
Legionnaires |
gram- |
0.5 |
rods |
| Chlamydia psittaci |
pneumonia |
gram- |
1 |
- |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae |
pneumonia |
gram- |
1 |
- |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
TB |
gram+ |
0.2 |
rods |
| Mycobacterium kansasii |
(TB) |
gram+ |
0.2 |
rods |
| Mycobacterium avium-intracell. |
pneumonia |
gram+ |
0.2 |
rods |
| Nocardia asteroides |
pneumonia |
gram+ |
- |
rods |
| Bacillus anthracis |
anthrax |
gram+ |
- |
cocci |
| Staphylococcus aureus |
pneumonia |
gram+ |
- |
cocci |
| Streptococcus pyogenes |
scarlet fever |
gram+ |
0.5 |
cocci |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae |
pneumonia |
gram+ |
0.5 |
cocci |
| Corynebacteria diphtheria |
diptheria |
gram+ |
- |
rods |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
pneumonia |
no wall |
0.2 |
coccoid |
