Microbe

83 articles in this category.

• Acinetobacter — A Gram negative, aerobic, non fermenting coccobacillus and a member of the ESKAPE group of priori...
• Actinomyces — A genus of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, filamentous bacteria that are among the most a...
• Akkermansia Muciniphila — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic, mucin degrading bacterium that colonizes the intestinal mucu...
• Alistipes — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic genus within the Bacteroidetes phylum (family Rikenellaceae)....
• Allisonella — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe identified as a histamine producing bacterium enriched in dysbi...
• Alloprevotella — Alloprevotella is a genus of Gram negative, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the family Prevote...
• Aspergillus — A ubiquitous filamentous fungal genus that is both an environmental saprophyte and an opportunist...
• Bacillus — A Gram positive, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, spore forming genus that bridges environment...
• Bacteroides Fragilis — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe that occupies a unique dual position in the gut metal microbiom...
• Bacteroides Vulgatus — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe that exemplifies the commensal pathobiont spectrum. B. vulgatus...
• Bifidobacterium — A genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria that dominate the infant gut microbiome and...
• Bilophila — Bilophila wadsworthia is a Gram negative, obligate anaerobic, sulfite reducing bacterium that has...
• Blautia — A genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the lachnospiraceae family that prod...
• Brucella — A genus of Gram negative intracellular pathogens causing brucellosis, the most common bacterial z...
• Butyricimonas — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic genus within the Bacteroidetes phylum (family Odoribacteracea...
• Campylobacter Jejuni — The leading bacterial cause of diarrheal disease worldwide, with an estimated 400 500 million cas...
• Candida Albicans — An opportunistic fungal pathogen whose relationship with metals is multifaceted: C. albicans can ...
• Clostridioides Difficile — A Gram positive, spore forming, obligate anaerobic bacterium that is the leading cause of antibio...
• Clostridium — A large, polyphyletic genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic, spore forming bacteria encompas...
• Clostridium Symbiosum — Clostridium symbiosum is a Gram positive, obligately anaerobic bacterium within the Clostridium c...
• Collinsella — A genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the Actinobacteria phylum (family Co...
• Coprococcus — A Gram positive, obligate anaerobic genus within the Lachnospiraceae family (Firmicutes phylum). ...
• Cryptococcus Neoformans — An encapsulated basidiomycete yeast that causes cryptococcal meningitis the leading cause of meni...
• Debaryomyces — Debaryomyces is a genus of ascomycetous fungi, with D. hansenii being the most clinically relevan...
• Dialister — Dialister is a genus of Gram negative, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the family Veillonellac...
• Dorea — A Gram positive, obligate anaerobic genus within the Lachnospiraceae family (Firmicutes phylum). ...
• Eggerthella Lenta — A Gram positive obligate anaerobe and key estrobolome member that links metabolic dysbiosis to ho...
• Enterobacteriaceae — A family of Gram negative, facultative anaerobic Gammaproteobacteria that includes many of the mo...
• Enterococcus — A genus of Gram positive bacteria (primarily E. faecalis and E. faecium) that exemplifies the met...
• Escherichia Coli — A Gram negative bacterium that spans the commensal pathogen spectrum, with pathogenic variants (U...
• Eubacterium — A genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the Firmicutes phylum that includes ...
• Faecalibacterium Prausnitzii — The most abundant bacterium in the healthy human colon (5 15% of total fecal microbiota), F. prau...
• Fusobacterium — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic bacterium that has emerged as the most consistently CRC assoc...
• Fusobacterium Nucleatum — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe that has emerged as a major pathogen in colorectal cancer (CRC)...
• Fusobacterium Varium — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe that occupies a paradoxical niche in the gut microbiota: as a w...
• Gardnerella — Gardnerella vaginalis is a Gram variable, facultatively anaerobic bacterium that is the key organ...
• Gordonibacter Urolithinfaciens — Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens is a Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium belonging to the ...
• Helicobacter Pylori — A gastric pathogen that is arguably the most nickel dependent human pathogen known. Two of its ke...
• Hungatella — Hungatella hathewayi is a Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium within the Firmicutes phylu...
• Intestinibacter — Intestinibacter bartlettii is a Gram positive, obligate anaerobic, spore forming bacterium within...
• Klebsiella Pneumoniae — A Gram negative opportunistic pathogen and member of the ESKAPE group of antibiotic resistant pri...
• Lachnospira — Lachnospira is a genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the Lachnospiraceae f...
• Lachnospiraceae — A family within the Firmicutes phylum (order Clostridiales, formerly Clostridium cluster XIVa) th...
• Lactobacillus — A genus of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) that are among the m...
• Lactococcus — Lactococcus lactis is a Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, lactic acid bacterium best known ...
• Leptotrichia — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe traditionally considered an oral commensal, but increasingly re...
• Malassezia — A genus of lipophilic basidiomycete yeasts that is the dominant fungus on human skin and has rece...
• Methanobrevibacter — The only archaeon represented in this wiki Methanobrevibacter smithii is the dominant methane pro...
• Mycobacterium Tuberculosis — The causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious disease killer worldwide (~1.3 m...
• Neisseria Meningitidis — A Gram negative diplococcus that is both a nasopharyngeal commensal (carried asymptomatically by ...
• Odoribacter — Odoribacter splanchnicus is a Gram negative, obligate anaerobic bacterium belonging to the family...
• Oscillospiraceae — A family of Gram positive obligate anaerobes (formerly classified as the genus Oscillospira, now ...
• Oxalobacter — Oxalobacter formigenes is an obligate anaerobic, Gram negative bacterium that occupies a unique m...
• Parabacteroides — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic genus within the Bacteroidetes phylum, closely related to bac...
• Parasutterella — Parasutterella excrementihominis is a Gram negative, obligate anaerobic bacterium within the Beta...
• Parvimonas — Parvimonas micra is a Gram positive, obligate anaerobic coccus of oral origin that has emerged as...
• Parvimonas Micra — Parvimonas micra is a small (0.5–1.0 µm), Gram positive, obligately anaerobic coccus originally i...
• Peptostreptococcus — A Gram positive, obligate anaerobic genus that has emerged as one of the most consistently enrich...
• Peptostreptococcus Stomatis — Peptostreptococcus stomatis is a Gram positive, obligately anaerobic coccus originally isolated f...
• Phascolarctobacterium — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic genus within the Firmicutes phylum (family Acidaminococcaceae...
• Porphyromonas — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic genus with the keystone pathogen P. gingivalis at its center....
• Porphyromonas Gingivalis — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe and keystone pathogen of the oral microbiome that causes chroni...
• Prevotella — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic genus within the Bacteroidetes phylum that exemplifies contex...
• Prevotella Copri — A Gram negative obligate anaerobe that occupies a unique context dependent niche in the human gut...
• Proteus Mirabilis — A Gram negative uropathogen whose Ni dependent urease is the central driver of catheter associate...
• Pseudomonas Aeruginosa — An opportunistic Gram negative pathogen with a unique dual use siderophore system: its pyoverdine...
• Roseburia — A genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic, flagellated bacteria within the lachnospiraceae fam...
• Ruminococcus — A genus of Gram positive, obligate anaerobic cocci within the Firmicutes phylum that exemplifies ...
• Ruminococcus Albus — Ruminococcus albus is a Gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium that represents one of the pr...
• Ruminococcus Gnavus — A Gram positive obligate anaerobe that has emerged as a pro inflammatory pathobiont enriched acro...
• Saccharomyces — A genus of ascomycete yeasts that includes both a proven therapeutic probiotic (S. boulardii) and...
• Saccharomyces Cerevisiae — Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a unicellular budding fungus (ascomycete) ubiquitous in fermentation,...
• Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhimurium — A Gram negative enteric pathogen that possesses four distinct [NiFe] hydrogenases the most of any...
• Shigella Flexneri — A Gram negative intracellular pathogen causing bacillary dysentery (shigellosis), responsible for...
• Staphylococcus Aureus — A versatile Gram positive pathogen with one of the best characterized nutritional immunity evasio...
• Streptococcus — A genus of Gram positive facultative anaerobes that occupy niches ranging from benign commensals ...
• Streptococcus Agalactiae — Streptococcus agalactiae, also known as Group B Streptococcus (GBS), is a Gram positive, facultat...
• Streptococcus Pneumoniae — A Gram positive pathogen (the "pneumococcus") that depends on iron, manganese, and zinc for virul...
• Streptococcus Thermophilus — Streptococcus thermophilus is a Gram positive, facultative anaerobic coccus that is the primary p...
• Sutterella — A Gram negative, microaerophilic genus within the Proteobacteria phylum (family Sutterellaceae). ...
• Torulaspora — A genus of ascomycete yeasts (formerly classified as Zygosaccharomyces) found in fermentation env...
• Veillonella — A Gram negative, obligate anaerobic genus within the Firmicutes phylum (class Negativicutes, fami...
• Yersinia Pestis — The causative agent of plague one of the most devastating infectious diseases in human history an...