Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Special features of some foodborne pathogenic bacteria

  • Vibrio cholerae--water, serious dehydration because of loss of water, zero tolrence, viable but non-culturable in winter
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus--marine water, very common in seafoods
  • Campylobacter jejunii--microaerophilic, used to be no.1 most common foodborne disease causing bacteria in USA
  • Shigella--human pathogen, shiga toxin producing, faecal-oral route

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