| Bacteria and related organisms | Parasites |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | Brugia malayi |
| Escherichia coli O157 | Cryptosporidium parvum |
| Haemophilus influenzae | Leishmania major |
| Helicobacter pylori | Plasmodium falciparum |
| Mycobacterium leprae and M tuberculosis | Pneumocystis carinii |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Schistosoma mansoni |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N meningitidis | Trypanosoma brucei and T cruzi |
| Rickettsia prowazekii | Fungi |
| Staphylococcus aureus | Aspergillus nidulans |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae and S pyogenes | Candida albicans |
| Treponema pallidum | Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Vibrio cholerae | |