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n. - Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria.

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  • Molecular keys to speciation: DNA polymorphism and the control of geneticexchange in enterobacteria, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94 (1997) 9763-9767
  • Many Salmonella typhi infections have been caused by drug-resistant enterobacteria.
  • This is supported by observations that the host animal can tolerate populations less than 107 clostridia or enterobacteria per gram of intestinal contents.
  • Quite simply the chicken cannot get hot enough to kill bacteria or enterobacteria salmonella, which contrary to popular belief needs to be heated at 165 degrees plus for...
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