Relier Pairs Microbes 2Version en ligne Microbes 9-16 par Tamara Garcia 1 Yersinia pestis 2 Shingella 3 Proteus vulgaris 4 Klebsiella pneumoniae 5 Escherichia coli 6 Salmonella typhi 7 Enterobacter aerogenes 8 Salmonella enteritidis Cause of typhoid fever, a big killer before good sanitation practices. Highly motile. Live in intestines of humans and other animals. "The prokaryotic guinea pig." Some stains cause diarrhea and strain 0157:H7 is pathogenic (hemolytic uremic syndrome, has killed people, esp. children) Cause of pneumonia in elderly and immunocompromised. A.k.a. the 'enteric' bacteria. Live in intestines of humans and other animals. Generally ferment glucose and various other carbs (which help us identify them.) Generally nonpathogenic but can cause urinary tract infections and wound infections. Cause of salmonellisis aka food poisoning. Vectored into humans by bites of infected fleas, causes plague. Bubonic plague (mortality rate 50-75%), pneumonic plague (nearly always kills.) Probable cause of "Black death." Resembles E. coli except it almost invariably produces a variety of enterotoxins.