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Name Gram Shape Motile Capsu Air Spore

Staphylococcus + Cocci No Yes Fac an Yes

Streptococcus -​ group A, B + Cocci No Yes Fac an No

and other Beta- hemolytic
streptococci
+ Cocci
No Yes Fac an No
Streptococcus -​ Viridans
streptococci, ​Streptococcus
pneumoniae, Enterococcus

Corynebacterium + Bacilli No No Fac an No

Listeria, Gardnerella + Bacilli Y/N No Fac an No

Neisseria - N. gonorrhoeae - Cocci

No No Aerobic No

Neisseria - N. meningitidis - Cocci No Yes Aerobic No

Enterobacteriaceae - E.coli - Bacilli Yes No Fac an No

and other opportunistic
Enterobacteriaceae
(Klebsiella, Enterobacter,
Serratia - group KES’ proteus,
Morganella, Citrobacter)

Enterobacteriaceae - - Bacilli Yes No Fac an No

Salmonella

Enterobacteriaceae - Shigella - Bacilli Yes No Fac an No

Enterobacteriaceae - Yersinia - Bacilli Yes No Fac an No

Vibrionaceae - V. cholerae, - Bacilli (curved)

Yes No Aerobic No
other ​Vibrio s​ pecies
associated with human
disease

​ nd
Campylobacter a - Bacilli (curved)
Helicobacter

Pseudomonas a ​ nd related
organisms (​Burkholderia,
Stenotrophomonas,
Acinetobacter, Moraxella)​

Bordetella - Coccobacilli

Francisella - Coccobacilli

Brucella - Coccobacilli

Haemophilus - Coccobacilli

Miscellaneous Gram-Negative - Bacilli

bacteria (​Legionella, (pleomorphic,
Bartonella, Streptobacillus and weird)
Spirillum​)

Anaerobic Gram-Positive + Bacilli

Cocci and Non Spore-forming
bacteria
+ Bacilli
Anaerobic spore-forming
bacteria - ​Clostridium
- Cocci
Aerobic spore-forming bacteria
- ​bacillus

Anaerobic Gram-negative non

spore-forming bacteria and + Bacilli
Cocci (​Bacteroides,
Porphyromonas, Prevotella, - Spiral
Veillonella​)
- Spiral
Mycobacterium
- Spiral
Spirochaetes - ​Treponema
N/A Spiral
Spirochaetes - ​Borrelia
-(poor stain) Coccobacilli
Spirochaetes - ​Leptospira

Mycoplasma ​and ​Ureaplasma

Rickettsia, Coxiella ​and

Ehrlichia
Chlamydia