TEST FOR SALMONELLA SPECIES

Salmonella is a Gram-negative, motile bacterium. It was named after Daniel Elmer Salmon, an American veterinary pathologist, although it was his partner and contemporary Theobald Smith (better known for his work on anaphylaxis)who first discovered the bacterium in 1885 from pigs. Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that auses typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, and food borne illness. Salmonella species are motile and produce hydrogen sulfide.
SALMONELLA, General Testing Procedure