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Medical Bacteriology: 5
Taxonomy, Morphology,
Physiology, and Virulence
Taxonomy: Classification, ic Exchange and
Nomenclature, and bination in Bacteria
Identification of Bacteria Requirements for Bacterial
The Naming of Bacteria Growth and Metabolism
Phenotypic Identification of Carbon
Bacteria Carbon Dioxide
ic Criteria for Oxygen
Classification of Bacteria Nitrogen
Growth Factors
Basic Bacterial Anatomy
and Physiology ics of Bacterial Cell Growth
General Bacterial Metabolism
Bacterial Size and Shape and Energy Generation
Nuclear Structure, DNA
Replication, Transcription, and Fermentation
Translation Utilization of Pyruvate
Cytoplasm Bacterial Virulence Factors
Cytoplasmic Membrane and Pathogenecity
Bacterial Cell Wall Structure Definitions and Concepts
Gram-Positive Bacterial Cell Walls Requirements for Pathogenicity
Gram-Negative Bacterial Cell Virulence Factors of
Walls anisms
‘‘Acid-Fast’’ Bacterial Cell Walls Adhesins
Bacterial Endospores Aggressins
Bacterial Surface Structures Exotoxins and Endotoxins
Capsules Bacterial Superantigens
Flagella
Fimbriae (Pili)
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ver the three centuries that have passed since hybridization, DNA sequencing, and PCR-based amplifica-
Leeuwenhoek first observed bacteria and proto- tion) have enabled taxonomists to identify microbial ‘‘signa-
Ozoa with his primitive microscope, a vast ture sequences’’ and other ic elements that establish
amount of knowledge has been accumulated about the mi- ic relatedness between and among different a-
crobial world. anisms are found in all environ- nisms. Based on parisons of ic, chemo-
ments, including the soil, water, and air. They are able to taxonomic, and phenotypic traits, new taxa would be pro-
participate in all the vital life functions that are observed in posed and named via publication. The process of naming
higher, plex life for