: of, relating to, or caused by bacteria bacterial infection.

A grammar note: The word bacteria is the plural form of “bacterium” and so should be written as plural, as in “Many bacteria are harmless.”

Bacteria is historically and normally the plural of bacterium. Some people who say this pluralize it as bacterias.

Examples include Listeria monocytogenes, Pesudomonas maltophilia, Thiobacillus novellus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyrogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium kluyveri.

Bacteria resistant to antibiotics

• methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
• multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
• carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) gut bacteria.

There are three types of intestinal bacteria: beneficial, harmful, and opportunistic, each with different actions and effects on the body….Bad bacteria.

Types of Probiotics and What They Do

• Lactobacillus. In the body, lactobacillus bacteria are normally found in the digestive, urinary, and genital systems.
• Bifidobacteria. Bifidobacteria make up most of the “good” bacteria living in the gut.
• Streptococcus thermophilus.
• Saccharomyces boulardii.

When your body doesn’t have enough good bacteria, bad bacteria can thrive. The following can be signs of a gut bacteria imbalance: Autoimmune problems, such as thyroid issues, rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. Digestive issues, such as irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn or bloating.

When identifying bacteria in the laboratory, the following characteristics are used: Gram staining, shape, presence of a capsule, bonding tendency, motility, respiration, growth medium, and whether it is intra- or extracellular.

Coccus, plural Cocci, in microbiology, a spherical-shaped bacterium.

When rod shaped bacteria appears in pairs, it is known as? Explanation: When bacilli occur in pairs, it is known as diplobacilli but when they form chains it is known as streptobacilli.

Not all bacteria are harmful, and some bacteria that live in your body are helpful. For instance, Lactobacillus acidophilus — a harmless bacterium that resides in your intestines — helps you digest food, destroys some disease-causing organisms and provides nutrients.

Most bacterial diseases can be treated with antibiotics, although antibiotic-resistant strains are starting to emerge. Viruses pose a challenge to the body’s immune system because they hide inside cells.

The most common fermented foods that naturally contain probiotics, or have probiotics added to them, include yogurt, kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, pickles, miso, tempeh, kimchi, sourdough bread and some cheeses.

Bacteria cause many common infections such as pneumonia, wound infections, bloodstream infections (sepsis) and sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea, and have also been responsible for several major disease epidemics.

Bacterial disease

• bacteria.
• Infectious disease.
• Cholera.
• Leprosy.
• Tuberculosis.
• Plague.
• Syphilis.
• Anthrax.

Microorganisms capable of causing disease—pathogens—usually enter our bodies through the mouth, eyes, nose, or urogenital openings, or through wounds or bites that breach the skin barrier. Organisms can spread—or be transmitted—by several routes.

Antibiotics cannot kill viruses or help you feel better when you have a virus. Bacteria cause: Most ear infections.

Will antibiotics weaken my immune system? Very rarely, antibiotic treatment will cause a drop in the blood count, including the numbers of white cells that fight infection. This corrects itself when the treatment is stopped.

Antibiotics won’t treat viral infections because they can’t kill viruses. You’ll get better when the viral infection has run its course. Common illnesses caused by bacteria are urinary tract infections, strep throat, and some pneumonia.

Viruses don’t have cell walls that can be attacked by antibiotics; instead they are surrounded by a protective protein coat. Unlike bacteria, which attack your body’s cells from the outside, viruses actually move into, live in and make copies of themselves in your body’s cells.