1. By: Susana Vergil-Alvarado
Salmonella Typhi
By: Susana Vergil-Alvarado

2. Shape and Arrangement Shape: Rod Flagellated and motile
Non-spore forming

3. Classification Kingdom: Eubacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Salmonella
Species: Salmonella Typhi

4. Unique Structural Features:
Mode of nutrition: Salmonella Typhi gets its food from other living organisms.
Effect of Oxygen: Facultative anaerobic

5. Historical Significance
It is a multi-organ pathogen that inhabits the lymphatic tissues of the small intestine, liver, spleen and blood stream of infected humans.
It is a Heterotrophic bacteria

6. Gram Stain Characteristics
Salmonella Typhi is Gram
Negative (light red or pink color)

7. Health-Related Issues:
Typhoid Fever: Caused by the ingestion of the bacteria in contaminated food or water Treatment: Antibiotics that kill the Salmonella bacteria. Modes of transmission: Oral transmission via food or beverages handled by an individual who chronically sheds through urine. Hand-to-mouth transmission after using a contaminated toilet and neglecting hand hygiene Oral transmission via sewage-contaminated water or shellfish

8. Citations
Salmonella serotype Typhi.“Salmonella blog.”<
Salmonella Typhi diagram. “Marler blog.” <
Salmonella Typhi, the agent of typhoid. Gram stain. “The Microbial World.”<