Choose from the following list of bacteria and click on the links below to find a picture to complete your activity. 

Anthrax

Bacillus anthracis

             

Whooping cough

Bordetella pertussis

      

Botulism

Clostridium botulinum

 

Gas gangrene

Clostridium perfringens   

           

Tetanus

Clostridium tetani         

  

Diphtheria

Corynebacterium diphtheria     

 

Pyelonephritis

Escherichia coli  

 

Tularemia or rabbit fever

Francisella tularensis     

 

Meningitis

Hemophilus influenzae

 

Cavities

Lactobacillus acidophilus              

Streptococcus mutans

 

Leprosy (Hansen's disease)

Mycobacterium leprae 

 

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis     

 

Gonorrhea

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

 

Spinal meningitis

Neisseria meningitidis   

 

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rickettsia richettsii           

 

Typhus

Rickettsia prowazekii     

 

Typhoid fever

Salmonella typhi              

 

Food poisoning

Salmonella typhimurium              

 

Dysentery

Shigella dysenteriae      

 

Pneumonia

Streptococcus pneumoniae       

 

Scarlet fever or rheumatic fever

Streptococcus (group A)              

 

Syphilis

Treponema pallidum     

 

Yaws

Treponema pertenue   

 

Cholera

Vibrio cholerae                

 

Plague

Yersinia pestis  

 

http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_09/index.html

http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Image_Library.htm

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/

http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/bacteria_cells.htm

http://health.nih.gov/

http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/Public/Factsheets.htm

http://health.utah.gov/epi/fact_sheets/dzatoz.htm

http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C01.html#C01.252.400.126.100.150