Tour of Microbes                                 START 

By following the arrows, you will be taken on a tour of the microbes you are required to know for the third exam. Each page on this tour contains information about these prokaryotes. Important characteristics about each microbe are shown in bold type. Other useful information is included but not necessary for the test.

You are permitted to bring a cheat sheet with information about 30 organisms to the exam.

• Follow the tour in alphabetical order by clicking the forward arrow () or go back to the previous microbe by clicking on the backwards arrow (). 
• Photo credits: Click on a picture to go to the picture's original web site.
• You can go directly to any one of the microbe pages by clicking on its name listed below. To start the tour now, click the arrow above.

Alphabetical Listing of Microbe Tour 

1. Aquifex 
2. Bacillus  
3. Bacteroides 
4. Bdellovibrio  
5. Beggiatoa  
6. Bordetella  
7. Borrelia  
8. Campylobacter  
9. Caulobacter  
10. Chlamydia  
11. Chlorobium 
12. Chloroflexus  
13. Chromatium  
14. Clostridium  
15. Corynebacterium  
16. Cytophaga  
17. Deinococcus 
18. Desulfovibrio  
19. Epulopiscium  
20. Escherichia  
21. Halobacterium 
22. Helicobacter  
23. Heliobacterium
24. Hyphomicrobium  
25. Lactobacillus  
26. Leptothrix  
27. Leucothrix  
28. Listeria
29. Methanococcus  
30. Methylococcus  
31. Micrococcus  
32. Mycobacterium  
33. Mycoplasma  
34. Myxococcus  
35. Neisseria  
36. Nitrobacter  
37. Nitrosomonas  
38. Nostoc  
39. Oscillatoria  
40. Planctomyces  
41. Pseudomonas  
42. Pyrococcus  
43. Rhizobium  
44. Rhodospirillum  
45. Rickettsia  
46. Salmonella  
47. Spirochaeta  
48. Staphylococcus  
49. Streptococcus  
50. Streptomyces  
51. Sulfolobus  
52. Thermococcus
53. Thermoplasma  
54. Thermotoga 
55. Thiobacillus  
56. Thiomargarita  
57. Treponema  
58. Vibrio