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All answers to “Name a type of bacteria”
114 accepted answers, from “Acetobacter” to “Zymomonas mobilis”. The level of each one is hidden: play to see how deep it sinks.
A
- Acetobacter
- Acinetobacter baumanniialso Acinetobacter
- Agrobacterium tumefaciensalso Agrobacterium
- Akkermansia muciniphilaalso Akkermansia
- Anaplasma
- Azotobacter
B
- Bacillus anthracis
- Bacillus cereus
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bacillus thuringiensisalso Bt
- Bacteroides
- Bacteroides fragilis
- Bartonella
- Bdellovibrio
- Bifidobacterium
- Bordetella bronchiseptica
- Bordetella pertussisalso Bordetella
- Borrelia burgdorferialso Borrelia
- Brucella
- Buchnera aphidicolaalso Buchnera
- Burkholderia cepaciaalso Burkholderia
C
- Campylobacter
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Caulobacter crescentusalso Caulobacter
- Chlamydiaalso Chlamydia trachomatis
- Citrobacter
- Clostridium
- Clostridium botulinumalso Botulinum
- Clostridium difficilealso C. diff, C. difficile
- Clostridium perfringens
- Clostridium tetani
- Corynebacterium diphtheriaealso Corynebacterium
- Coxiella burnetii
- Cronobacter sakazakii
- Cutibacterium acnesalso Propionibacterium acnes, Cutibacterium
- Cyanobacteria
D
- Deinococcus radiodurans
E
- E. colialso Escherichia coli
- Ehrlichia
- Enterobacter
- Enterococcus faecalisalso Enterococcus
- Erwinia
F
- Faecalibacterium prausnitziialso Faecalibacterium
- Francisella tularensis
- Fusobacterium
G
- Gardnerella vaginalisalso Gardnerella
- Geobacter
- Gluconobacter
H
- Haemophilus ducreyi
- Haemophilus influenzaealso Haemophilus
- Helicobacter pylorialso H. pylori
K
- Klebsiella pneumoniaealso Klebsiella
L
- Lactobacillus
- Lactobacillus acidophilus
- Lactobacillus plantarum
- Lactobacillus reuteri
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus
- Lactococcus lactis
- Legionellaalso Legionella pneumophila
- Leptospira
- Listeriaalso Listeria monocytogenes
M
- Magnetospirillum
- MRSAalso Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Mycobacterium tuberculosisalso Tubercle bacillus
- Mycoplasma
- Myxococcus xanthusalso Myxococcus
N
- Neisseria gonorrhoeaealso Gonococcus
- Neisseria meningitidisalso Meningococcus
- Nitrobacter
- Nitrosomonas
O
- Orientia tsutsugamushi
P
- Pelagibacter ubiquealso SAR11
- Photorhabdus luminescens
- Porphyromonas gingivalisalso Porphyromonas
- Prevotella
- Prochlorococcus
- Proteus mirabilisalso Proteus
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Pseudomonas fluorescens
- Pseudomonas syringae
R
- Rhizobium
- Rickettsia
S
- Salmonella
- Serratia marcescens
- Shewanella oneidensisalso Shewanella
- Shigella
- Spirillum
- Staphylococcusalso Staph, Staphylococcus aureus, Staph aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Staphylococcus saprophyticus
- Stenotrophomonas maltophiliaalso Stenotrophomonas
- Streptococcusalso Strep
- Streptococcus agalactiaealso Group B Streptococcus
- Streptococcus mutans
- Streptococcus pneumoniaealso Pneumococcus
- Streptococcus pyogenesalso Group A Streptococcus
- Streptococcus thermophilus
- Streptomyces
- Synechococcus
T
- Thermus aquaticus
- Thiomargarita magnifica
- Treponema denticola
- Treponema pallidum
- Tropheryma whipplei
U
- Ureaplasma
V
- Vibrio cholerae
- Vibrio fischerialso Aliivibrio fischeri
- Vibrio vulnificus
W
- Wolbachia
X
- Xanthomonas
Y
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Yersinia pestis
Z
- Zymomonas mobilisalso Zymomonas
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