Bacteria

See also:

• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Infectious Diseases: Bacterial  (338)
• Science: Biology: Genetics: Prokaryotic: Bacteria  (32)
• Science: Biology: Microbiology  (340)

Azotobacter.org - - Information regarding the on-going sequencing and annotation of the Azotobacter vinelandii genome.

Bacteria - - Article by Wim van Egmond on these microbes with photographs of Cyanobacteria and the green Anabaena.

Bacteria - - Information from Wikipedia on these unicellular organisms.

Bacteria: Basic Facts - - Provides an explanation of what bacteria are, the meaning of the terms gram positive and negative, and other information, with a case history of a post-operative patient to consider.

Bacterial Motility - - Information on how bacteria move, with several videos from the Microbiology Video Library.

Bacterial Nomenclature - - A place to find out the most current name for a bacterium.

Bacterial Photosynthesis - - Information on autotrophic bacteria that use only inorganic nutrients, and heterotrophic bacteria that require an organic source of carbon, with videos from the Microbiology Video Library.

Bacterial Pictures - - Provides images of the causative agents of Anthrax, Yersinia and several generalised bacterial cells including the walls of gram positive and gram negative cells.

Bactibase - - Provides a data repository of bacteriocin natural antimicrobial peptides, developed by PFBA in Tunisia in collaboration with INAF, Laval University, Canada.

Empire Biota: A Comprehensive Taxonomy - - Article proposing a high level phylogenetic (cladistic) taxonomy based primarily on classical evidence for all life and particularly the phenotypic evidence for bacteria.

Index to the Kingdom Eubacteria - - Provides a list of some members of this group with photographs and information on the Cyanobacteria Anabaena, Calothrix, Gloeocapsa, Oscillatoria and Plectonema, and the Proteobacteria, Beggiatoa.

Introduction to the Bacteria - - Topics include morphology, systematics, life history and ecology, and the fossil record.

List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature - - Alphabetically and chronologically arranged lists of taxa, with additional information on bacterial taxonomy.

An Overview of Bacteria. - - Article by Matt Emery provides an introduction to these microbes with several images of stained cultures.

The Social Life of Disease-causing Bacteria - - Article by Michael Sargent from the archives of the Mill Hill Essays 2004.

Taxonomy Browser (Eubacteria) - - Shows the relationships among the recognized groups, and samples yet to be named or classified.