Describe and discuss the medical importance of the following aerobic gram-negative bacilli: Pseudomonas aerugnosa, Brucella, Fracisella tularensis, Bordetella pertussis, and Legionella.
Describe the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Describe the characteristics of coliform bacteria, and know the medical importance of two coliforms: E. coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Describe the characteristics of noncoliform bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae, and know the medical importance of Proteus, Salmonella typhi and other Salmonella species, and Shigella.
Describe Yersinia pestis and its association with the plague.
Describe Pasteurella and its associated infection.
Describe Haemophilus, including the diseases caused by members of this genus.