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Bacterial Pathogens

For each hint give the name of the bacterial species which causes the disease.
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Last updated: January 16, 2018
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First submittedJanuary 16, 2018
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Causes bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plague; depending on what organ system it infects.
Yersinia pestis
Causes cholera, and spreads through fecal matter.
Vibrio cholerae
Causes lockjaw, an anarobic species that often spreads through puncture wounds.
Clostridium tetani
Another anarobic species, closely related to the above answer, that causes botulism.
Clostridium botulinum
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This is a common cause of streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), and scarlet fever.
Streptococcus pyogenes
This spore forming species causes anthrax.
Bacillus anthracis
This bacteria spreads through sexual contact and causes gonorrhea.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Tomtrific
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Level 82
Dec 26, 2019
Got them all except Neisseria gonorrhoeae--couldn't spell it. You should accept Group A Strep for Strep pyogenes, although Strep pyogenes is more fun to say.
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