Microbial Diversity

Microbial Biorealm -- a diversity resource

Bacteria
(1) Proteobacteria
Iron sulfur bacteria.  Purple sulfur bacteria; Kentrophorus (with symbiontic ciliate)
Winogradsky column
E. coli and relatives (Gram-neg. rods); Yersinia
Nitrifying bacteria.  Swine manure
Obligate anaerobe.  Anaerobe lab
Intracellular pathogen.  Chlamidia STD
Mitochondria.  Endosymbiont origin
(2) Cyanobacteria. Cryptobiotic crust.
(3) Spirochetes -- Lyme disease
(4) Gram positive bacteria
Endospore former.  Bacillus thuringiensis
Mycoplasma.
(5) Actinomycete.  Streptomyces; Rhodococcus; AIDS pneumonia


Eukaryotes
Protists
Flagellate.  Giardia; Giardia2; Rock band
Ameba. Periodontal ameba
Ciliate.
Sporozoa.  Plasmodium falciparum (Malaria)
Algae
Chrysophyta (Diatom).  Great Lakes Diatoms; CAS diatoms
Chlorophyta.  Green algae; Chlamydomonas
Rhodophyta.  Red Algae; Dinoflagellate
Fungi
Ascomycete
Mushrooms
Mold mycelia.  (Grow your own)
Slime mold.  (Not "true fungi"; distantly diverged)

Archaea
Methanogens; Methanogens in space?
Halophiles
Hyperthermophile.  Crenarchaeota
Acidophiles


Viruses
Human viruses
Marine viruses
Fish virus