Salmonella typhimurium

A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Salmonella typhimurium

Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Domain; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae [10]

Species

Salmonella typhimurium

Synonyms: Salmonella choleraesuis serotype typhimurium; Salmonella typhi-murium; Bacillus typhimurium; Salmonella typhi-murium [10]

Description and significance

Habitat: Intestinal lumen, pond, stomach

Gram negative

forms a lipopolysaccharide capsule

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Genome structure

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Cell structure and metabolism

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Ecology

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Pathology

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Application to Biotechnology

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Current Research

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References

1. Winzer, Klaus, et al. "LuxS: its role in central metabolism and the in vitro synthesis of 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone." Microbiology (2002): 909-922. Microbiology. 2007. Society for General Microbiology. 5 June 2007 <http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/148/4/909?ck=nck#SEC3>.

2. Surette, Michael G., and Bonnie L. Bassler. "Quorum sensing in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhmurium." Microbiology 95.7046–7050 (June 1998): 12. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2007. National Academy of Sciences. 5 June 2007 <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=22733>.

10."Salmonella typhimurium." Taxonomy Browser. Ed. Joe Bischoff, et al. 10 Jan. 2007. NCBI. 3 May 2007 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=602&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock>.

Edited by Janela Aitchison student of Dr. Rachel Larsen and Dr. Kit Pogliano