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salmonella

DEFINITIONS OF: salmonella

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n rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon

Types:
Gartner's bacillus, Salmonella enteritidis
a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans
Salmonella typhimurium
a form of salmonella that causes food poisoning in humans
Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhosa, typhoid bacillus
a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever
Type of:
enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric
rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
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