List of Bacterial Diseases
In the last few posts we have discussed bacterial world in detail. Our body has many symbiotic associations with bacteria like colon bacteria Escherichia coli, vaginal bacteria Lacto bacillus etc. But as an organism we are not at all threatened by giants in the animal world. Our biggest rivals are from the microbial world that includes bacteria, viruses and fungi. In this post, let us list out some important diseases caused by this group of microbes.
Bacterial Diseases in Human beings
No
|
Disease
|
Host
|
Causal Organism
|
1
|
Anthrax
|
Cattle
and man
|
Bacillus anthracis
|
2
|
Botulism
|
Man
|
Clostridium botulinum
|
3
|
Cholera
|
Man
|
Vibrio cholerae
|
4
|
Dysentary
|
Man
|
Bacillus dysenteriae
|
5
|
Pneumonia
|
Man
|
Streptococcus pneumoinae
|
6
|
Tetanus
|
Man
|
Clostridium tetani
|
7
|
Typhoid
|
Man
|
Salmonella typhi
|
8
|
Diptheria
|
Man
|
Corynebacterium diptheriae
|
9
|
Leprosy
|
Man
|
Mycobacterium leprae
|
10
|
Tuberculosis
(T B)
|
Man
|
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
|
11
|
Meningitis
|
Man
|
Neisseria meningitides
|
12
|
Rheumatic
fever
|
Man
|
Streptococcus spp.
|
13
|
Syphilis(STD)
|
Man
|
Treponema palladium
|
14.
|
Whooping
Cough
|
Man
|
Bordella Pertussis
|
15.
|
Gonorrhoea
(STD)
|
Woman
|
Neisseria gonorrhoea
|
Bacterial diseases in Animals
No
|
Disease
|
Host
|
Causal
Organism
|
1
|
Anthrax
|
Cattle and man
|
Bacillus
anthracis
|
2
|
Dysentry
|
Monkeys
|
Shigella
dysentriae
|
3
|
Diphtheria
|
Rabbits, guinea pigs
|
Corynebacterium
diphtheria
|
4
|
Tuberculosis
|
Cattle
|
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, M. bovis
|
5
|
Plague
|
Rats
|
Yersinia
pestis(Pasteurella pestis)
|
Bacterial
diseases in Plants
No
|
Disease
|
Host
|
Causal Organism
|
1
|
Angular leaf spot of cotton
|
Cotton
|
Xanthomonas
malvacearum
|
2
|
Blight disease of rice
|
Rice
|
Xanthomonas
oryzae
|
3
|
Citrus canker
|
Citrus
|
Xanthomonas
malvacearum
|
4
|
Ear rot of wheat
|
Wheat
|
Corynebacterium
tritici
|
5
|
Fire blight disease
|
Pears and apples
|
Erwinia
anylovora
|
6
|
Red stripe of sugarcane
|
Sugarcane
|
Xanthomonas
rubrilineans
|
7
|
Ring disease of potato
|
Potato
|
Aplanobacter
sepedanium
|
8
|
Soft rot of carrot and turnips
|
carrot and turnips
|
Erwinia
carotovora
|
9
|
Wilt disease of maize
|
Maize
|
Xanthomonas
stewartii
|
10
|
Wilt disease of potato
|
Potato
|
Psuedomonas
solanacaerum
|