- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica
- a subspecies found mainly in warm-blooded animals, containing multiple biovars, many of which cause diseases such as paratyphoid fever, septicemia, and gastroenteritis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica
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