This microbe is a small, coccoid-shaped Gram-negative rod. Like most Yersinia species, it is more active metabolically and motile at 25-30 C than at 35-37 C. Little gas is produced from glucose. It is nonmotile at 35-37 C and little gas is produced from glucose. It is a human and animal pathogen responsible for various diseases in mammals and birds, including diarrhea and septicemia. Has been isolated from environmental and food sources, and from healthy man and animals.
Yersinia enterocolitica
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