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This is a list of
bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometr ...
that have been identified as promoting or causing: * Uncontrolled growth of tissue in the body *
Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...
* Carcinomas * Tumors (including benign or slow growing) *
Neoplasm A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...
s *
Sarcoma A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal ( connective tissue) origin. Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues, and sar ...
s * Precancerous lesions * Coinfectious agent promoting the above growths


Species or genera


See also

* Carcinogenic bacteria *
Sexually transmitted disease Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, and oral ...
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Infectious causes of cancer Estimates place the worldwide risk of cancers from infectious causes at 16.1%. Viral infections are risk factors for cervical cancer, 80% of liver cancers, and 15–20% of the other cancers. This proportion varies in different regions of the worl ...
* Infections associated with diseases *
List of infectious diseases This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them and the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist. List See also * * List of oncogenic bacteria * − including specific ...
* Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and ''Helicobacter pylori'' - featured list


References


Further reading

*Cornwall, Claudia. ''Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes''. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2013) Lanham, Maryland. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Oncogenic bacteria Bacteriology Infectious causes of cancer
Oncogenic Carcinogenesis, also called oncogenesis or tumorigenesis, is the formation of a cancer, whereby normal cells are transformed into cancer cells. The process is characterized by changes at the cellular, genetic, and epigenetic levels and abno ...
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