Bacteria are one of the largest groups of microorganisms within the microbial world. They are single prokaryotic cell that have diversity around and within their cells. Variations exist between species, despite the fact that they have common features and these form the basis of their classification into taxa. Generally, bacterial diversity presents different structural and physiological features such as size, shape, life-cycle, cellular components (e.g. DNA, proteins) and metabolism among bacterial species. Their diversity explains the different strategic approaches for the bacterial survival in their various environments, leading to pathogenesis for the pathogenic strains. In this course, basic morphology with physiological characteristics including virulent factors, pathogenesis, clinical course/ manifestations, laboratory diagnosis and their control measures will be studied.
Bacterial human pathogens can be classified into Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria based on the architecture of their cell wall:
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