Bacterial Names

I have deliberately left out the names of most of the bacteria discussed in this lecture, the reason for this is that most are long and hard to pronounce. For those who are curious the names are listed below.

Bacterial names are in two parts and written in italic if typed or underlined if handwritten. The first part is what biologists call the genus, this always starts with a capital letter. The second is the species name and this is not capitalised.

All species names are different but some have the same genus names – it is thought that these are related.

An example of this is Escherichia coli. The genus name can be shortened to a single letter such as in E. coli.

Pronunciation Guide

Raw Materials
Sulphur	Sulphate Bacteria e.g. Chromatium okenii	Crow-may-she-um o-ken-eye
Oil formation
Loosens Oil	Xanthomonas campestri	Zanth-o-mow-nas cam-pest-ree
Natural gas	Many species of methane bacteria
Coal	Many species of methane bacteria
Genetic engineering
Modified Bacteria	Many, including Escherichia coli	Esh-er-ish-er co-lie
Probes and Sensors
In Angler Fish	Photobacterium phosphorium	Foto-back-teer-ee-um fos-for-ee-um
Waste and Water
HFC/HFCF Degrader	Methylosinus trichosporium	Meth-eye-low-sine-us try-co-spoor-ee-um
Plastics
Biopol	Alcaligenes eutrophus	Al-cal-ij-en-ees you-tro-fus

Thanks are given to Dr. Dave Hodgson of Warwick University for checking these names and correcting them where necessary