B OTULISM FACT SHEET Facts about Botulism Botulism is a muscle-paralyzing disease caused by a toxin made by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum.

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• Neurotoxins
• Clostridiaceae
• Gram-positive bacteria
• Botulism
• Botulinum toxin
• Clostridium
• Foodborne illness
• Paralysis
• Flaccid paralysis
• Biology
• Medicine
• Microbiology

Salmonella Salmonella is a gram-negative rod-shaped nonsporeforming motile bacterium which can be found in almost all food types and food environments. Salmonella is most commonly associated with chicken and other poultr

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Germs in shower gel BfR Opinion, No[removed], 13 July 2009 During random sampling the Land testing authority identified a batch of shower gel that was highly contaminated with the bacterium Enterobacter gergoviae. The F

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• Bathrooms
• Dosage forms
• Medicine
• Hygiene
• Personal life
• Shower gel
• Shampoo
• Shower
• Gel
• Health
• Bathing
• Personal hygiene products

FACT SHEET Facts about Pneumonic Plague Plague is an infectious disease that affects animals and humans. It is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This bacterium is found in rodents and their fleas and occurs in ma

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• Black Death
• Bacterial diseases
• Pandemics
• Pneumonic plague
• Bubonic plague
• Plague
• Septicemic plague
• Yersinia pestis
• Bioterrorism
• Medicine
• Health
• Microbiology

Teacher Resource Profile Questions for Bacterium Lesson 3

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M ENINGOCOCCAL D ISEASE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW What is meningococcal disease? Meningococcal disease is an infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis that can affect the blood stream, brain and spinal cord.

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• Microbiology
• Meningococcal disease
• Meningococcal vaccine
• Meningitis
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Neisseria
• NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135
• Bacteria
• Vaccines
• Medicine

Plague Information for the Public What is plague? Plague is an infectious disease that affects animals and humans. It is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This bacterium is found in rodents and their fleas and occ

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• Black Death
• Biological weapons
• Zoonoses
• Pneumonic plague
• Pandemics
• Septicemic plague
• Bubonic plague
• Plague
• Yersinia pestis
• Medicine
• Health
• Microbiology

Tularemia Information for the Public What is Tularemia? Tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever,” is a potentially serious illness that occurs naturally in the United States. It is caused by the bacterium, Francisella

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• Proteobacteria
• Health
• Central Valley
• Tularemia
• Zoonoses
• Francisella tularensis
• Bioterrorism
• Francisella
• Biological warfare
• Biological weapons
• Microbiology
• Biology

Legionellosis: Legionnaires’ Disease/ Pontiac Fever What is legionellosis? Legionellosis is an infection caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which acquired its name in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia cau

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• Proteobacteria
• Gram-negative bacteria
• American Legion
• Building biology
• Legionellosis
• Legionella
• Cooling tower
• Pneumonia
• Water heating
• Bacteria
• Microbiology
• Industrial hygiene

www.pediatric-rheumathology.printo.it LYME ARTHRITIS What is it? Lyme arthritis is caused by a bacterium transmitted by tick bites. While the skin, the central nervous system, the heart, the eye and other organs may be t

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• Microbiology
• Tick-borne disease
• Erythema chronicum migrans
• Arthritis
• Borrelia burgdorferi
• Infection
• Doxycycline
• Borrelia
• Osteoarthritis
• Medicine
• Lyme disease
• Health