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Gastroenteritis

The facts:

(Some of) the organisms responsible:

Bacillus cereus     Gram-stained cells: 1 µm wide, 5-10 µm long, arranged singly or in short chains:

 

Escherichia coli

Gram-negative rods, ~1-2 µm wide, 3-30 µm long:

 

Salmonella typhimurium:

Phase contrast microscopy, cells ~1 µm wide, 2-6 µm long.

 

Staphylococcus

Gram-positive cells ~1 µm diameter, arranged like "bunches of grapes":

 


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