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Salmonella

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Salmonella
Lignieres 1900
Species

S. bongori
S. enterica

Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that causes typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, and foodborne illness.[1] Most Salmonella species are motile and produce hydrogen sulfide.[2]

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History

The genus Salmonella was named after Daniel Elmer Salmon, an American veterinary pathologist.[3] While Theobald Smith was the actual discoverer of the bacteria that causes hog cholera (Salmonella enterica var. Choleraesius), Salmon was the administrator of the USDA research program and thus the organism was named after him.

Antibodies

Salmonella antibodies were first found in Malawi children in research published in 2008. The Malawian researchers have identified an antibody that protects children against bacterial infections of the blood caused by Salmonella. A study of 352 children at Blantyre's Queen Elizabeth hospital found that children up to two years old develop antibodies that aid in killing the bacteria. The researchers proposed that this could lead to a possible Salmonella vaccine.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., McGraw Hill, pp. 362-8. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9. 
  2. ^ Giannella RA (1996). "Salmonella", in Baron S et al (eds.): Baron's Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1. 
  3. ^ "- Food Safety A to Z Reference Guide - Salmonella". FDA - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (2008-07-03). Retrieved on 2008-10-28.
  4. ^ MacLennan CA, Gondwe EN, Msefula CL, et al (April 2008). "The neglected role of antibody in protection against bacteremia caused by nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella in African children :)". J. Clin. Invest. 118 (4): 1553–62. doi:10.1172/JCI33998. PMID 18357343. PMC: 2268878, http://www.jci.org/articles/view/33998. 

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