Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 39.4, Problem 3.1RIA
Summary Introduction
Salmonellosis, also called as Salmonella gastroenteritis, is caused by about 2,000 Salmonella serovars. Typhimurium and Enteritidis are most commonly isolated serovars ftrom humans. Based on DNA homology studies, all identified Salmonella serovars are assumed to belong to a single species, called Salmonella enterica.
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