Campylobacter jejuni is a species of curved, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in animal faeces. It is one of the most common causes of human diarrhoea in developed countries. Food poisoning caused by Campylobacter species can be severely debilitating but is rarely life-threatening. It has been linked with subsequent development of the neurodegenerative disease Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Orders Alpha Proteobacteria    Caulobacterales - e. ... Families & Genera Campylobacteraceae    Campylobacter    Arcobacter    Sulfurospirillum    Thiovulvum Helicobacteraceae    Helicobacter    Wolinella The Campylobacterales are an order of proteobacteria. ... Families & Genera Campylobacteraceae    Campylobacter    Arcobacter    Sulfurospirillum    Thiovulvum Helicobacteraceae    Helicobacter    Wolinella The Campylobacterales are an order of proteobacteria. ... Species see text Campylobacter is a genus of Gram_negative bacteria. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... In biology, a species is a kind of organism. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Feces (also spelled faeces in British English, or fæces) are semi-solid waste products from an animal digestive tract expelled through the anus (or cloaca) during defecation. ... Diarrhoea is the correct way to spell the word Diarrhoea. ... Foodborne illness or food poisoning is caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. ... Species see text Campylobacter is a genus of Gram_negative bacteria. ... Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i. ...

It is commonly associated with chickens and has been found in wombat and kangaroo faeces, being a cause of bushwalkers' diarrhoea. It naturally colonises many different bird species. Binomial name Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) A chicken is a type of domesticated bird which is usually raised as a type of poultry. ... Binomial name Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800 see Wombat for the Australian television program. ... Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the quokka: 45 species in all). ... Diarrhoea is the correct way to spell the word Diarrhoea. ... Orders Many - see section below. ...

In the laboratory, Campylobacter is grown on specially selective agar plates at 42°C, the normal avian body temperature, rather than 37°C, the temperature at which other bacteria are often grown. Since the colonies are oxidase positive, they will usually only grow in scanty amounts on the plates. Microaerophilic conditions are required for luxurious growth. An agar plate is a sterile Petri dish that contains agar plus nutrients, and is used to culture bacteria or fungi. ... Microareophilic organisms are organisms that can tolerate or require environments containing levels of oxygen lower than that present in the atmosphere. ...

Normally no antibiotics are given, because the disease is self-limiting. However, severe or prolonged cases may require ciprofloxacin, erythromycin or norfloxacin. An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. ... Ciprofloxacin is the generic international name for the synthetic antibiotic manufactured and sold by Bayer Pharmaceutical under the brand name Cipro® (and other brand names in other markets, e. ... Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic which has an antimicrobial spectrum similar or slightly wider to that of penicillin, and is often used for people who have an allergy to penicillins. ...

See also Campylobacteriosis Campylobacteriosis is among the most common bacterial infections of humans. ...

Reference

• (2005) Multiple Campylobacter Genomes Sequenced. (http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0030040) PLoS Biol 3(1): e40.