
Curved, straight or bean-shaped: bacilli come in many variants and are widely spread.
Yersinia enterocolitica
(bacterium)
Yersinia enterocolitica is a Gram-negative, aerobic and facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. It belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. Yersinia enterocolitica triggers intestinal and extraintestinal yersiniosis, involving a broad spectrum of symptoms, e.g. enteritis or lymphadenitis.
Transmission mainly occurs via contaminated water and food respectively.
» Necessary spectrum of antimicrobial activity
Bactericidal