1. By chef gabriel

2. Plesiomonas shigelloids is a rod shaped bacterium which has been isolated freshwater, freshwater fish, shellfish, and a lot of mammals. It does not always cause sickness in its host mammal and can temporarily reside as a transient noninfectious member of the intestinal flora. It is not considered a definite cause of human disease though it is associated with diarrhea.

3.  Its takes about 24 hours for the disease to manifest its self but when it does it give you fever, chills, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, or vomiting.

4.  It is most commonly found in freshwater such as rivers and lakes.

5.  If the animal lives in freshwater it has a chance to have this disease.

6.  Make sure your water is purified and shellfish is cooked

8.  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Food borneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePatho gensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070530. htm http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Food borneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePatho gensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070530. htm  http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/1x6040 250/plesiomonas_shigelloides_bacteria_b22012 70.jpg