Gram positive

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Bacteria that retain only the purple stain in a gram stain due to the thick peptidoglycan layer.

Gram positive cocci

Gram positive cocci

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Microbiology: Bacteria

Medical
microbiology

Biochemistry
and ecology

Oxygen preference	Aerobic Obligate Anaerobic Facultative Obligate Microaerophile Nanaerobe Aerotolerant
Other	Extremophile Human flora Gut Lung Mouth Skin Vaginal (In pregnancy) Placental Uterine Salivary Microbial metabolism Nitrogen fixation Microbial ecology Primary nutritional groups Substrate preference Lipophilic Saccharophilic

Shape

Cell envelope	Cell membrane Cell wall: Peptidoglycan NAM NAG DAP Gram-positive bacteria only: Teichoic acid Lipoteichoic acid Endospore Gram-negative bacteria only: Bacterial outer membrane Porin Lipopolysaccharide Periplasmic space Mycobacteria only: Arabinogalactan Mycolic acid
Outside envelope	Bacterial capsule Slime layer S-layer Glycocalyx Pilus Fimbria Non-motile bacteria
Composite	Biofilm

Taxonomy
and evolution

Prokaryotes: Bacteria classification (phyla and orders)

(Supergroup

Terra-/
Glidobacteria
(BV1)

Eobacteria	Deinococcus–Thermus Deinococcales Thermales Chloroflexi Anaerolineales Caldilineales Chloroflexales Herpetosiphonales Dehalococcoidales Ktedonobacterales Thermogemmatisporales Thermomicrobiales Sphaerobacterales
other glidobacteria	Thermodesulfobacteria thermophiles Aquificae Thermotogae Cyanobacteria

Proteobacteria
(BV2)

Alpha	Caulobacterales Kiloniellales Kordiimonadales Magnetococcales Parvularculales Rhizobiales Rhodobacterales Rhodospirillales Rickettsiales Sneathiellales Sphingomonadales
Beta	Burkholderiales Hydrogenophilales Methylophilales Neisseriales Nitrosomonadales Procabacteriales Rhodocyclales
Gamma	Acidithiobacillales Aeromonadales Alteromonadales Cardiobacteriales Chromatiales Enterobacterales Legionellales Methylococcales Oceanospirillales Orbales Pasteurellales Pseudomonadales Salinisphaerales Thiotrichales Vibrionales Xanthomonadales
Delta	Bdellovibrionales Desulfarculales Desulfobacterales Desulfovibrionales Desulfurellales Desulfuromonadales Myxococcales Syntrophobacterales Syntrophorhabdales
Epsilon	Campylobacterales Nautiliales
Zeta	Mariprofundales

Spirochaetes	Spirochaetes
Sphingobacteria (FCB group)	Fibrobacteres Chlorobi Chlorobiales Ignavibacteriales Bacteroidetes Bacteroidales Cytophagales Flavobacteriales Sphingobacteriales
Planctobacteria/ (PVC group)	Chlamydiae Lentisphaerae Lentisphaerales Oligosphaerales Victivallales Planctomycetes Phycisphaerales Planctomycetales Verrucomicrobia Puniceicoccales Opitutales Chthoniobacterales Verrucomicrobiales "Poribacteria"
Other GN	Acidobacteria Acidobacteriales Acanthopleuribacterales Holophagales Solibacterales Armatimonadetes Armatimonadales Chthonomonadales Fimbriimonadales Caldiserica Chrysiogenetes Deferribacteres Dictyoglomi Elusimicrobia Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Synergistetes

G+/
no OM

Firmicutes
(BV3)

Bacilli	Bacillales Lactobacillales Aphragmobacteria Erysipelotrichia Erysipelotrichiales Mollicutes Mycoplasmatales Entomoplasmatales Anaeroplasmatales Acholeplasmatales Haloplasmatales
Clostridia	Clostridiales Halanaerobiales Thermoanaerobacteriales Natranaerobiales Negativicutes Selenomonadales
Thermolithobacteria	Thermolithobacterales

Actinobacteria
(BV5)

Actinobacteria	Actinomycetales Bifidobacteriales
Acidimicrobiia	Acidimicrobiales
Coriobacteriia	Coriobacteriales
Nitriliruptoria	Euzebyales Nitriliruptorales
Rubrobacteria	Gaiellales Rubrobacterales Thermoleophilales Solirubrobacterales

Incertae
sedis

Source: Bergey's Manual (2001–2012). Alternative views: Wikispecies.

Firmicutes (low-G+C) Infectious diseases
Bacterial diseases: G+
- primarily A00–A79, 001–041, 080–109

Lactobacillales
(Cat-)

optochin susceptible	S. pneumoniae Pneumococcal infection
optochin resistant	Viridans streptococci: S. mitis S. mutans S. oralis S. sanguinis S. sobrinus S. anginosus group

A	bacitracin susceptible: S. pyogenes Group A streptococcal infection Streptococcal pharyngitis Scarlet fever Erysipelas Rheumatic fever
B	bacitracin resistant, CAMP test+: S. agalactiae Group B streptococcal infection
ungrouped	Streptococcus iniae Cutaneous Streptococcus iniae infection

D
BEA+: Streptococcus bovis

Bacillales
(Cat+)

Cg+	S. aureus Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome Toxic shock syndrome MRSA
Cg-	novobiocin susceptible S. epidermidis novobiocin resistant S. saprophyticus

Listeria monocytogenes
- Listeriosis

Clostridium (spore-forming)

motile:	Clostridium difficile Pseudomembranous colitis Clostridium botulinum Botulism Clostridium tetani Tetanus
nonmotile:	Clostridium perfringens Gas gangrene Clostridial necrotizing enteritis

Peptostreptococcus (non-spore forming)

Peptostreptococcus magnus

Mycoplasmataceae	Ureaplasma urealyticum Ureaplasma infection Mycoplasma genitalium Mycoplasma pneumoniae Mycoplasma pneumonia
Anaeroplasmatales	Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Erysipeloid

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