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Lecture notes of 4 pages for the course MFST2521 at GITAM University (about camplyobactor)

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CAMPYLOBACTER




•Gram-negative spirally curved rods
•Helical Comma or S shaped
•Motile, with a single or bipolar flagellum
•Non spore forming
•Non capsulated
•0.2 - 0.5 umthick X 0.5 - 5.0 um long
•Microaerophilic bacterium
•Currently, there are 17 species in the genus Campylobacter - most frequently
reported in human diseases is C. jejuni
Campylobacter species
 Majority of Campylobacter species are Veterinary pathogens
• C.coli
• C.jejuni
• C.lari
• C.fetus
• C.sputorum
• C.conciscus
• C.upsaliensis
Campylobacter -Sources

• Widely distributed in animals and birds as intestinal micro flora
• Prevalent in food animals – shellfish, poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, ostriches and
pets, including cats and dogs
• Found in water
• It is self limited, and organisms are shed after the patients recovery by feco-oral
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