Infectious Diseases · Pathway 37
Classification of Bacteria
Key points
- Gram-positive cocci = staphylococci + streptococci (including enterococci)
- Gram-negative cocci = Neisseria meningitidis + Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also Moraxella catarrhalis Therefore, only a small list of Gram-positive rods (bacilli) need to be memorised to categorise all bacteria - mnemonic =
- Gram-positive cocci = staphylococci + streptococci
- gonorrhoeae, also Moraxella catarrhalis