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

Hot Water (many types – 1 example given)
Thermophile	Pyrococcus species	Pie-ro-coc-us
Cold welcome (many types – 1 example given)
Psychrophile	Flavobacterium Species	Flay-vo-back-teer-ee-um
Strange Foods (many types – 1 example given)
Uses Sunlight	Oscillatoria princeps	Oss-ill-at-or-ee-a prince-eps
Uses Sulpur	Beggiatoa species	Beg-ee-a-toe-a
Acids and alkalis (many types – 1 example given)
Acidophile	Thiobacillus species	Thigh-o-bass (as the fish)- ill-us
Alkaliphile	Natronobacterium species	Nat-ron-o-back-teer-ee-um
Zero Oxygen (many types – 1 example given)
Fermentation	Ruminococcus albus	Room-in-o-coc-us al-bus
Iron Oxidation	Thiobacillus ferrooxidans	Thigh-o-bass (as the fish)-ill-us ferro-oxy-dans

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