Bacteria - Living Material

This pathogenic organism is sometimes isolated from hay and grass.

Isolated from milk products; used in the manufacture of yogurt, buttermilk, and cheese. 

Normal flora of the mouth and throat. Lancefield group K, gamma hemolysis. 

This colonial cyanobacteria is structured as several cells bound together in a gelatinous "mucilaginous sheath".

Beta hemolysis on blood. Causes wound infections and septicemia. 

Isolated from human saliva, sputum, and intestine. No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis.

Isolated from milk and udders of cows. Lancefield group B, beta hemolysis. Causes infection of the female genital tract, maternal septicemia, neonatal infections. Camp test positive; resistant to bacitracin.

Isolated from milk, ferments lactose. Lancefield group N, gamma hemolysis

Lancefield group C, beta hemolysis. Causes strangles in horses. May be pathogenic in humans. Camp test negative; resistant to bacitracin, does not ferment lactose. 

This spore-forming, thermophilic organism is commonly used for germicidal and sporicidal testing due to its ability to withstand higher-than-normal temperatures.

No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis. Bile solubility test positive, optochin sensitive. Causes pneumonia. 

Lancefield group A, beta hemolysis. Sensitive to bacitracin. Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever, and scarlet fever.

Anabaena is a genus of filamentous, un-branched Cyanobacteria consisting of bead-like cells and enlarged spores or heterocysts.

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Produces streptomycin. Branching mycelium and coenocytic hyphae. 

This organism is commonly isolated from human nasopharyngeal mucosa