This is a list of bacteria that are significant in medicine. For viruses, see list of viruses.
A
editB
edit- Bacillus
- Bacteroides
- Bacteroides fragilis
- Bacteroides gingivalis
- Bacteroides melaninogenicus (now known as Prevotella melaninogenica)
- Bartonella
- Bordetella
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Brucella
- Burkholderia
C
edit- Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
- Campylobacter
- Capnocytophaga canimorsus
- Chlamydia
- Chlamydophila
- Chlamydophila pneumoniae (previously called Chlamydia pneumoniae)
- Chlamydophila psittaci (previously called Chlamydia psittaci)
- Citrobacter
- Clostridioides difficile
- Clostridium
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium perfringens (previously called Clostridium welchii)
- Clostridium tetani
- Corynebacterium
- Coxiella burnetii
- Cutibacterium acnes (previously called Propionibacterium acnes)
E
editF
edit- Francisella tularensis (previously called Pasteurella tularensis)
- Fusobacterium necrophorum
- Fusobacterium nucleatum
G
editH
editK
editL
editM
editN
editP
edit- Pasteurella multocida
- Peptostreptococcus
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Prevotella melaninogenica (previously called Bacteroides melaninogenicus)
- Proteus
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
R
editS
edit- Salmonella
- Serratia marcescens
- Shigella dysenteriae
- Spirillum volutans
- Staphylococcus
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
- Streptococcus
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Streptococcus avium
- Streptococcus bovis
- Streptococcus cricetus
- Streptococcus faceium
- Streptococcus faecalis
- Streptococcus ferus
- Streptococcus gallinarum
- Streptococcus lactis
- Streptococcus mitior
- Streptococcus mitis
- Streptococcus mutans
- Streptococcus oralis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Streptococcus rattus
- Streptococcus salivarius
- Streptococcus sanguis
- Streptococcus sobrinus
- Streptomyces avermitilis