EC Microbiology

Bacteria are microscopic, single celled, living prokaryotic microorganisms that can cause infections in both humans and in animals [1]. There are many bacterial animal pathogens, such as Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacillus anthracis, Bartonella henselae, Brucella abortus, B. canis, B. meletensis, B. suis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Burkholderia mallei, B. pseudomallei, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium tetani, Erysipelothrix insidiosa, Escherichia coli, Francisella tularensis, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Leptospira species, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium aviam subspecies paratuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, Pasteurella multocida, P. pestis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Rhodococcus equi, Salmonella species, Spirillum minus, Streptobacillus moniliformis, Streptococcus suis, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Yersinia enterocolitica, Y. pseudotuberculosis etc. that have the potential to produce the disease in the susceptible individuals globally [1-6]. Some of the bacterial pathogens cause life-threatening infections in humans [1,3]. The infections caused by the animal pathogens have been reported in immunocompromised as well as in immunocompetent subjects [1].

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