1. Campylobacter Jejuni
By: Blake Carlson
(Easy Blake Oven)

2. Camplobacter Jejuni is a curved, rod-shaped bacteria.
Classifacation
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Epsilon Proteobacteria
Order: Campylobacterales
Family: Campylobacteraceae
Camplobacter Jejuni is a curved, rod-shaped bacteria.

3. Cell Structure and Matabolism
Campylobacter Jejuni is a Gram-negative bacteria and is a microaerophilic organism.
Cell contains inner and outer membrane
Endotoxic

4. Habitat
Campylobacter Jejuni grows best at 42oC (107oF) with low oxygen concentrations.
Most commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded birds and mammals.

5. WOW! Causes more diseases than Shigella and Salmonella combined.
Frequently contaminates raw chicken. Surveys show 20 to 100% of retail chickens are contaminated. (Many healthy chickens carry the bacteria in their intestinal tract.
Although anyone can contract the bacteria, it targets children under 5 years old, and young adults ages