List 5 specific species of pathogenic bacteria that use oxygen as their final electron acceptor List...

List 5 specific species of pathogenic bacteria that use oxygen as their final electron acceptor

List 5 specific species of pathogenic bacteria that use something other than oxygen as their final electron acceptor?

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Bacteria that can use oxygen as a final electron acceptor are called aerobic bacteria. On the other hand, bacteria that can grow even without oxygen by utilizing something else as a final electron acceptor are called anaerobic bacteria. Note that most of the pathogenic anaerobes are facultative anaerobes meaning that they can withstand oxygen too. Strict anaerobic pathogens which include clostridium are relatively rare and often live in a commensal manner within human body.

The following are pathogenic bacteria that use oxygen as final electron acceptor:

Bacterial species	Disease caused
Bordetella pertussis	Whooping cough (pertussis)
Chlamydia trachomatis	Urethritis
Corynebacterium diphtheriae	Diptheria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Tuberculosis
Nocardia asteroides	Nocardiosis

The following are pathogenic bacteria that use something other than oxygen as final electron acceptor:

Bacterial species	Disease caused
Clostridium tetani	Tetanus
Enterococcus faecalis	Endocarditis
Haemophilus influenzae	Bacterial meningitis
Streptococcus pneumoniae	Bacterial pneumonia
Fusobacterium necrophorum	Lemierre's syndrome

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