Meanings of Bacterial Names
| Anthrax | Coal |
| Clostridia | Spindle |
| Hemophilus | Blood Loving |
| Diptheros | Leather |
| Gonorrhoea | Flow of seed |
| Staphyle | Bunch of grapes |
| Streptos | Twisted |
| Coryne | Club |
| Leptas | Fine or thin |
| Chlamys | Mantle |
| Proteus | Pleomorphism |
| Alternate Names for Organisms |
| K. Pneumoniae | Friedlander’s bacillus |
| H.Aegypticus | Koch-weeks bacillus |
| Salmonella | Eberth Gaffky Bacillus/ Ebarthella |
| M. Paratuberculosis | Johne bacillus |
| Coryne bacterium Pseudo- Tuberculosis | Preisz- nocard Bacillus |
| Pseudomonas pseudomallei | Whitmore Bacillus |
| C. Diptheriae | Klebs- Loeffler’s Bacillus |
| Mycoplasma | Eaton Agent |
| Battey’s Bacillus | M.Intracellulare |
| M. Tuberculosis | Koch’s Bacillus |
| Shape of Organism |
| Safety pin appearance | a) Plague b) Donovania granulomatis |
| Meningococci | Half moon |
| Gonococci | Kidney |
| Pneumococci | Lanceolate |
| Cl. Tetani | Drumstick |
| Cl. Welchii | Spindle |
| Rabies Virus | Bullet |
| Basis for Typing of Organisms |
| Cholera | Voges- Proskauer test and Hemolytic activity |
| Streptococci | Carbohydrate ( Lancefield classification) (A.P.P.G.E) |
| Diptheria | Bacteriophage |
| Salmonella | Structural formulae of H &O Antigen |
| Staphylococci | Bacteriophage |
| Pneumococci | Antigenic nature of capsular polysaccharide ( Specific soluble substance) |
| Enterobacteriae | Lactose fermentation |
| Yersinia. | Reduction of Nitrates and fermentation of glycerol |
| Neisseria | Sugar reaction |
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