What Dr. Humber said:

"Salmonella. Bacterium, a flagellated bacillus, Gram-negative, over 2200 known serovars."

Dr. Jessie's translation:

"Salmonella is a bacterium. In appearance, it’s pill-shaped, and has little hairs on it called flagella. If you put Gram stain on it, it looks pink. There are over 2200 different serological varieties of the Salmonella species."

Created by Ken Eklund, writerguy
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