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Which microorganism was the first bacterium observed with a microscope, by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1676?
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Bacteria
Which bacterium produces the antibiotic vancomycin in soil ecosystems?
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Amycolatopsis orientalis
Which bacterium causes walking pneumonia and lacks a cell wall?
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Which bacterium causes brucellosis, an infection associated with unpasteurized dairy products?
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Brucella
Which bacterium causes tularemia, a zoonotic disease sometimes called rabbit fever?
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Francisella tularensis
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Which bacterium produces the antibiotic vancomycin in soil ecosystems?
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Amycolatopsis orientalis
Which bacterium causes walking pneumonia and lacks a cell wall?
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Which bacterium causes tularemia, a zoonotic disease sometimes called rabbit fever?
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Francisella tularensis
Which bacterium causes the foodborne illness listeriosis and can grow at refrigerator temperatures?
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Listeria monocytogenes
Which bacterium causes leprosy, a chronic infection also called Hansen’s disease?
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Mycobacterium leprae
Which bacterium causes Lyme disease, the tick-borne infection identified in the 1970s?
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Borrelia burgdorferi
Which archaeon was the first microorganism found growing naturally at temperatures above 100°C?
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Pyrolobus fumarii
Which bacterium causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne disease?
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Rickettsia rickettsii
Which bacterium causes diphtheria-like disease in some animals and produces the antibiotic erythromycin?
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Saccharopolyspora erythraea