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Campylobacter, n. Microbiol. and Med.|ˈkæmpɪləʊˌbæktə(r), ˌkæmpɪləʊˈbæktə(r)|
[mod.L. (coined in Fr. by Sebald & Véron 1963, in Ann. Inst. Pasteur CV. 907), f. Gr. καµπύλο-ς bent: see bacterium n.]
A genus of microaerophilic bacteria including curved and spiral forms that frequently cause food poisoning in humans and abortion in some farm animals; (also campylobacter) a bacterium of this genus.
1971Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXV. 669 We believe that there are no close taxonomic affinities of campylobacters with bdellovibrios. 1977Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 July 10/2 The close association between the presence of campylobacters in faeces and the occurrence of a distinctive clinical enteritis alone suggests that these organisms are pathogens. 1986New Scientist 10 Apr. 67/4 It is surprising not to find campylobacters listed alongside salmonellae as causes of food poisoning. 1989Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 36/8 Salmonellosis, leptospirosis and campylobacter infection are among the commonest [zoonoses]. 1991Lancet 2 Mar. 511/1 A sample of stool from every patient was cultured for bacterial pathogens (Salmonells,..Campylobacter). |