Parrot fever or ornithosis was discovered in parrots, but ducks, chickens, and many other birds can carry this disease. This disease is caused by Chlamydophila psittaci. It is spread by inhalation of droplets, touching, or through feces. Most cases of this disease are mild. However, the disease can contribute to a pneumonia with a high risk for humans with a 1 in 5 chance of a fatality if not treated. Controlling the importation of birds into the United States has helped control this disease. It frequently arises in places where chickens are bred or handled.

The Bergey's Manual gives us a methodology of some preliminary divisions of Bacteria. This is group (9) which includes Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae parasites. Typical diseases caused by this group include typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, trench fever, and parrot fever.

Eubacteria, the true Bacteria, is the group that contains most of the Bacteria that impact on our daily lives. Some of the diseases caused by Bacteria are: Cholera, Lyme Disease, Strep Throat, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid, Syphilis, and Gonorrhea.

Science has only begun the task or properly organizing this group of lifeforms into a taxonomy tree. The medical profession has begun with the disease causing organisms and has worked from the bottom up. They have been using various shapes and various forms of locomotion for criteria. On the other micro-biologists have been working from the top down. The result is a large open area in the middle. Here we have arbitrarily used the Bergey system for organizing disease causing bacteria in the first several classes, and have placed the algae groups in the higher classes.

Monera phylum includes the various bacteria. These are somewhat cellular organisms, but they lack a cell nucleus. Many of these organisms cause serious illness in humans. The diseases include Botulishm, Cholera, Diptheria, Gonorrhea, Lyme Disease, Plagues, Salmonellosis, Syphilis, Tetanus, Typhoid, and TB.

Monera kingdom includes the various bacteria. These are somewhat cellular organisms, but they lack a cell nucleus. Many of these organisms cause serious illness in humans. The diseases include Botulishm, Cholera, Diptheria, Gonorrhea, Lyme Disease, Plagues, Salmonellosis, Syphilis, Tetanus, Typhoid, and TB.

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