A bacterium which is a common cause of food poisoning in humans and of spontaneous abortion in farm animals.
A type of bacteria that is the most frequent cause of bacterial diarrhea in the United States. Stomach cramps and fever are additional symptoms of Campylobacter infection. Infection is usually caused by eating foods, such as undercooked chicken, that have been contaminated by Campylobacter.
A species of bacterium found in farm and pet animals, from which it can be transmitted to humans, and is a major cause of bacterial food poisoning: outbreaks of infection have followed drinking unpasteurised milk from infected cows and eating undercooked meat and poultry. It causes diarrhoea.
A genus of gram-negative, spirally curved, rod-shaped bacteria of the family Spirillaceae that are motile and non- spore-forming. One or both ends of the cell have a single polar flagellum.
There exists a bacterial genus capable of triggering foodborne illness and commonly present in nearly all uncooked poultry.
The assemblage of microorganisms, known as Campylobacter bacteria, resides prominently among the primary culprits behind various digestive ailments. These bacteria find refuge in the animal kingdom and can transmit their presence to human beings by means of tainted nourishment, particularly in avian products, leading to the affliction commonly referred to as food poisoning. Additionally, this bacterial strain is responsible for inducing a particular type of inflammation, termed colitis, which targets the colon.