List of oncogenic bacteria

This is a list of bacteria that have been identified as promoting or causing:

• Uncontrolled growth of tissue in the body
• Cancer
• Carcinomas
• Tumors (including benign or slow growing)
• Neoplasms
• Sarcomas
• Precancerous lesions
• Coinfectious agent promoting the above growths

Species or genera

See also

• Carcinogenic bacteria
• Sexually transmitted disease
• Infectious causes of cancer
• Chronic diseases and cancers linked to infectious microbes
• List of infectious diseases
• 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. .