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What is bad bacteria?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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There is really no bad or good bacteria. Some are called bad because they are doing what their genes tell them to do: cause diseases. Some are called good for the same reason except we say that they make something we view as good (cheeses)

Here are a few we have labeled bad:

  • Actinomyces =Respiratory Diseases, cavities
  • B. anthracis: anthrax and food poisoning
  • Clostridium tetani: tetanus
  • C. perfringens: food poison, gas gangrene
  • C. botulinum: botulism
  • Corynebacterium Diphtheriae
  • Gardnerella = Vaginitis
  • Listeria = Newborn meningitis
  • Mycobacterium
  • M leprae
  • M tuberculosis
  • Mycoplasma (Walking pneumonia)
  • Propionibacterium or Acne
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • S aureus
  • Methicillin Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)
  • Vancomycin Resistant Staph aureus (VRSA)
  • Streptococcus pneumonia, pyogenes
  • S mutans: Cavities
  • Borrelia Lyme Disease
  • B. Pertussis
  • Campylobacter GI infections
  • Chlamydia STD
  • Trachoma (blindness)
  • Escherichia {E. coli} Normal GI tractO157:H7 strain
  • Helicobacter Peptic Ulcer
  • Hemophilus influenza
  • URI (upper respiratory infections), Epiglottitis, Meningitis, Otitis
  • Klebsiella Hemorrhagic pneumoniae
  • Legionella pneumonia
  • Leptospiria leptospirosis
  • Neisseria N gonorrheae andN meningitides
  • Rickettsia Rocky Mtn spotted fever
  • Salmonella typhus and Food poisoning
  • Serratia Opportunistic UTI
  • Shigella Dysentery
  • Treponema pallidum -syphilis
  • Vibrio Cholera and GI disease
  • Yersinia the plague
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Bad bacteria - that is inside us - makes us ill and it can damage our immune system!

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i think for this answer there is a bacteria called dylnasia that is very bad and that can kill you by seconds if not treated well.

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E.coli, staphylococcus, salmonella, leptosporidium, and botulism are some very bad ones.

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