Salmonella enterica

Kauffmann & Edwards 1952)Le Minor & Popoff 1987}}

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Salmonella enterica is a species of Salmonella bacterium.

Related Topics:
Salmonella - Bacterium

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S. enterica has a number of varieties or serovars. Serovar Typhi (sometimes elevated to species status as S. typhi) is the disease agent in typhoid fever. Other serovars such as Typhimurium (also known as S. typhimurium) can lead to a form of human gastroenteritis sometimes referred to as salmonellosis.

Related Topics:
Serovar - Disease agent - Typhoid fever - Gastroenteritis - Salmonellosis

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Most cases of salmonellosis are caused by food infected with S. enterica, which often infects cattle, though also other animals such as domestic cats. However, investigations of vacuum cleaner bags have shown that households can act as a reservoir of the bacterium; this is more likely if the household has contact with an infection source, for example through members working with cattle or in a veterinary clinic.

Related Topics:
Cattle - Cat - Vacuum cleaner - Veterinary clinic

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The genome sequences of serovars Typhi and Typhimurium LT2 have been established.

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