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Campylobacter
Sign in to saveCampylobacter is a type of bacteria that can cause a diarrheal disease in people. Its name means 'curved bacterium' because the germ typically appears in a comma or s shape. According to its scientific classification, it is a genus of gram-negative bacteria that is motile.
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Campylobacter is a genus of gram-negative bacteria within the family Campylobacteraceae. The taxon was established by Sebald & Véron in 1963 and is currently accepted. It belongs to the order Campylobacterales and the class Epsilonproteobacteria. While one source lists the phylum as Proteobacteria, another identifies it as Campylobacterota within the kingdom Bacteria. The nomenclatural type for this genus is Campylobacter fetus.
The organism has been associated with the effect of gastroenteritis. Its habitat is described as marine. Records indicate 132,778 occurrences and 22,355 related publications.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumCampylobacterota
- ClassCampylobacteria
- OrderCampylobacterales
- FamilyCampylobacteraceae
弯曲菌属（學名：Campylobacter），又名曲狀桿菌屬或彎曲桿菌屬，是一種革兰氏阴性细菌的属。曲狀桿菌屬的型態就是折曲了的一般桿菌，呈「逗號」狀或Ｓ字型。 本屬絕大多數物種均為病原体，而且可感染人類及其他動物。家禽是本屬細菌的天然儲積所：人類進食了受彎曲菌污染的肉食亦會同樣受細菌感染致病。另一種感染途徑是接觸過受細菌感染的動物。本屬物種有至少12種可引致人類生病，當中以空肠弯曲菌（C. jejuni）及Campylobacter coli（英语：Campylobacter coli）最為常見。空肠弯曲菌是腸胃炎的主要成因，即使在已發展國家亦如是。空腸彎曲桿菌感染也可以傳播到艾滋病患者的血液中，而C. lari（英语：Campylobacter lari）是兒童復發性腹瀉的已知原因。胎兒彎曲桿菌（C. fetus（英语：Campylobacter fetus））是造成家牛和綿羊自然流產的其中一種原因，也是人類的機會性病原體。 本屬已被發現屬於唾液微生物組（英语：salivary microbiome）的一種。
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Research
22,355 papers- Campylobacter.Veterinary research · 2005
- Campylobacter contamination of broilers: the role of transport and slaughterhouse.International journal of food microbiology · 2020
- Pathogenomics of Emerging Campylobacter Species.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2019
- Campylobacter-host cell interactions.Trends in microbiology · 1997
- Oncogenic potential of Campylobacter infection in the gastrointestinal tract: narrative review.Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Campylobacteraceae
- Image
- Campylobacter fetus 01.jpg
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- taxon name
- Campylobacter
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- genus
- has effect
- gastroenteritis
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
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- Campylobacter
- LPSN URL
- lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/campylobacter
- taxonomic type
- Campylobacter fetus
- nomenclatural type of
- Epsilonproteobacteria
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Morphology and phenotype
- History
- Genomics
- Phylogeny
- ''Campylobacter''-specific bacteriophages
- Pathogenesis
- Detection
- In humans
- In livestock
- In meat
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
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- United Kingdom
- United States
- See also
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Campylobacter is a type of bacteria that can cause a diarrheal disease in people. Its name means 'curved bacterium' because the germ typically appears in a comma or s shape. According to its scientific classification, it is a genus of gram-negative bacteria that is motile.
The germ is common in nature and in domestic animals. It is frequently found in raw food of vegetable and animal origin. Its numbers can be very high in some foods, such as raw poultry. Due to their diverse natural reservoir, some Campylobacter can also be detected in the air, although not at an epidemiologically significant level. The disease that some of the species of the bacteria can cause is called campylobacteriosis.
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