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A short list of bacteria and their characteristics:<ref>URL: [http://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/pnebact.htm http://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/pnebact.htm]. Accessed on: 7 May 2013.</ref> | |||
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! Shape\Gram stain | ! Shape\Gram stain | ||
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| Bacilli | | Bacilli | ||
| Clostridium difficile | | Clostridium difficile, Bacillus anthracis, Nocardia spp. | ||
| Escherichia coli, [[Helicobacter pylori]], Legionella pneumophila<ref>URL: [http://meded.ucsd.edu/isp/1999/CAP/legion.html http://meded.ucsd.edu/isp/1999/CAP/legion.html]. Accessed on: 7 May 2013.</ref> | | Escherichia coli, [[Helicobacter pylori]], | ||
| [[Tuberculosis|Mycobacterium tuberulosis]], Legionella pneumophila<ref>URL: [http://meded.ucsd.edu/isp/1999/CAP/legion.html http://meded.ucsd.edu/isp/1999/CAP/legion.html]. Accessed on: 7 May 2013.</ref> | |||
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| Cocci | | Cocci | ||
| Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus | | Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus | ||
| Neisseria meningitidis | | Neisseria meningitidis, Moraxella catarrhalis | ||
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