Common Food Poisoning Bacteria Match the descriptions of the food poisoning bact

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Common Food Poisoning Bacteria

Match the descriptions of the food poisoning bacteria with the species names.

(Each response is used once.)

Responding answer: Bacillus cereus /Campylobacter jejuni /Clostridium botulinum/ Salmonella typhi /Staphylococcus aureus

1. Gram-negative rod, peritrichous flagella, some infected people develop Reiter's syndrome and arthritis
2. The heat-resistant spores can cause a diarrheal infection, growing cells excrete toxin that causes vomiting
3. Excretes heat-stable enterotoxin that causes vomiting and diarrhea, cooking food will not destroy the toxin
4. Cooking destroys the neurotoxin but it's difficult to kill the spores, the toxin is used to relax muscles
5.One of the most common causes of human diarrhea, may be debilitating but is rarely life threatening

Explanation / Answer

1. Gram-negative rod, peritrichous flagella, some infected people develop Reiter's syndrome and arthritis – Campylobacter jejuni

2. The heat-resistant spores can cause a diarrheal infection, growing cells excrete toxin that causes vomiting - Bacillus cereus

3. Excretes heat-stable enterotoxin that causes vomiting and diarrhoea, cooking food will not destroy the toxin - Salmonella typhi

4. Cooking destroys the neurotoxin but it's difficult to kill the spores, the toxin is used to relax muscles - Clostridium botulinum

5. One of the most common causes of human diarrhoea, may be debilitating but is rarely life threatening - Staphylococcus aureus

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