Pathogen Characteristics

Pathogen Characteristics Table

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PathogenpH flourishesMakes eDNAMakes CurliMakes Ammonia*Makes histamineNotes
Acinotobacter5.5 - 6.5yesyes
Actinomyces7.0 - 7.5yesyes at pH of 7.0form large masses of mycelia
Actinotignum schaaliiunknownyes
Aerococcus5.5 - 9.0yes
Bacillus cereus4.5-9.3yesyes
Bacillus spp4.5 - 9.3yes
Borrelia7.0 -8.8 but adapts to loweryesyes
Candida5.0 - 6.5yesBuds pH<6; Hyphae pH >7
Citrobacter6.3 - 7.0yesyes
C. Difficileyes
Dialister6.0 - 7.5yes, some species
E. coli7.0 best, then 5.5, then 8.5yes
Enterobacter4.0-10.2yesyesyes
Enterococcus>6.2yes, but goes away with lowered pH
Finegoldia7.5yes
Gardnerella6.0 - 6.5
Haemophilus haemolyticus7.0 - 7.4yesyes
Klebsiella6.0 - 8.0yesyesyes
Morganella6.0 to 6.5yes with pH <5.5yes
Morganella morganii7.0 +yesyes
Mycoplasmayes
Pantoea agglomerans7.0
Prevotella6.0 -7.0yes
Propionibacterium acnes6.0 -7.0yes
proteus mirabilis7-8yesyes
Pseudomonas6.0 - 7.0yesyes
Raoultella ornithinolytica4.0 - 10.2 (5.0 - 9.0)yesyesyesyes
Serratia5.0, 7 to 9yesyes
Sneathia>4.5yes
Staphylococcus aureus6.5 - 7.5yes
Staphylococcus haemolyticus8.5yes
Streptococcus Agalactiae7.0
Streptococcus Anginosis5.0 - 7.5
Streptococcus Mitis4.2 - 5.8
Ureaplasma>4.5yesyes
Yersinia7.2-7.6yesyesyesyes

Notes

*Urease-positive organisms are a group of organisms that can convert urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide.
This will result in increased urine pH. These organisms include Proteus, Nocardia, Ureaplasma, Helicobacter Pylori, Klebsiella, Cryptococcus, Staphylococcus Epidermidis, and Staphylococcus Saprophyticus.
Reference:https://www.picmonic.com/pathways/medicine/courses/standard/microbiology-202/fundamentals-of-bacteriology-36093/urease-positive-organisms_50497

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