Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica
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Species: | S. enterica
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Subspecies: | S. enterica enterica
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Salmonella enterica enterica is a subspecies of Salmonella enterica, the rod shaped, flagellated, aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium. It is a member of the genus Salmonella.[1] Many of the pathogenic serovars of the S. enterica species are in this subspecies.[2]
Serovars
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- Salmonella Choleraesuis
- Salmonella Dublin
- Salmonella Enteritidis
- Salmonella Gallinarum
- Salmonella Hadar
- Salmonella Heidelberg
- Salmonella Infantis
- Salmonella Paratyphi
- Salmonella Typhi
- Salmonella Typhimurium
Nomenclature
The serovars can be designated fully or in a shortened form.[3] The short form lists the genus, Salmonella, which is followed by the capitalized and non-italicized serovar. The full designation for Salmonella Typhi is Salmonella enterica enterica, serovar Typhi. Each serovar can have many strains as well, which allows for a rapid increase in the total number of anitgenically variable bacteria.[4]
Epidemiology
References
- ^ Giannella RA (1996). Salmonella. In: Baron's Medical Microbiology (Barron S et al., eds.) (4th ed.). Univ of Texas Medical Branch. (via NCBI Bookshelf) ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.
- ^ Medical Microbiology (6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier. 2009. p. 307.
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(help) - ^ http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/salmonellanom.html
- ^ http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/Salmonella/