BACTERIAL FOOD

POISONING
MORALES, JACOB B. 22B1
 FOOD POISONING
-ANY ILLNESS RESULTING FROM INGESTION
OF WATER AND WIDEE VARIETY OF FOOD
CONTAMINATED WITH PATHOGENIC
MICROORGANISMS (BACTERIA, VIRUSES,
PROTOZOA, FUNGI), THEIR TOXINS AND
CHEMICALS.
 TYPES OF FOOD
POISONING

A. BACTERIAL FOOD
POISONING

B.NON- BACTERIAL FOOD

POISONING
 A.BACTERIAL FOOD POISONING
* FOOD INFECTION
- REFERS TO THE PRESENCE OF
BACTERIA OR OTHER MICROBES WHICH
INFECT THE BODY AFTER
CONSUMPTION.
 A.BACTERIAL FOOD POISONING
* FOOD INTOXICATION

-REFERS TO THE INGESTION OF TOXINS

CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOOD,
INCLUDING BACTERIALLY PRODUCED
EXOTOXINS.
 THE FOOD POISONING CHAIN:
-THERE MUST BE A CHAIN OF EVENTS FOR
FOOD POISONING TO OCCUR.
-THERE MUST BE BACTERIA ON THE FOODS
-THE BACTERIA MUST HAVE THE RIGHT
CONDITIONS TO GROW THAT IS WARMTH
(BETWEEN 5 DEGREE - 60 DEGREE C) AND
MOISTURE.
-THE BACTERIA MUST HAVE TIME TO GROW
AND MULTIPLY.
*SYMPTOM
S
-NAUSEA
-ABDOMINAL
PAIN
-VOMITING
-DIARRHEA
-FEVER
-HEADACHE
-FATIGUE
MOST COMMON FOOD POISONING
BACTERIA
1. SALMONELLA
-FOUND IN ANIMALS, RAW POULTRY
AND BIRDS.
 SALMONELLA INFECTION
(SALMONELLOSIS)

-IS A COMMON BACTERIAL DISEASE

THAT AFFECTS THE INTESTINAL TRACT.
SALMONELLA BACTERIA TYPICALLY
LIVE IN ANIMAL AND HUMAN
INTESTINES AND ARE SHED THROUGH
STOOL (FECES). HUMANS BECOME
 2. STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

-FOUND IN HUMAN NOSE AND THROAT

 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

- IS A GRAM POSITIVE SPHERICALLY

SHAPED BACTERIUM, A MEMBER OF
THE BACILLOTA, AND IS A USUAL
MEMBER OF THE MICROBIOTA OF THE
BODY, FREQUENTLY FOUND IN THE
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT AND ON
THE SKIN
 3.CLOSTRIDIUM
PERFINGENS
-FOUND IN ANIMALS
AND BIRDS
 CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
-A GRAM POSITIVE, BACILLUS (ROD-
SHAPED), ANAEROBIC, SPORE-FORMING
PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM OF THE GENUS
CLOSTRIDIUM. C. PERFRINGENS IS EVER-
PRESENT IN NATURE AND CAN BE FOUND
AS A NORMAL COMPONENT OF DECAYING
VEGETATION, MARINE SEDIMENT, THE
INTESTINAL TRACT OF HUMANS AND
OTHER VERTEBRATES, INSECTS, AND SOIL.
 4.BACILLUS
CEREUS
-FOUND IN SOIL, VEGETATION, CEREALS
AND SPICES.
 BACILLUS CEREUS IS A GRAM
-POSITIVE ROD-SHAPED BACTERIUM
COMMONLY FOUND IN SOIL, FOOD, AND
MARINE SPONGES. THE SPECIFIC NAME,
CEREUS, MEANING "WAXY" IN LATIN,
REFERS TO THE APPEARANCE OF
COLONIES GROWN ON BLOOD AGAR.
 5. CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
-IT IS A GRAM POSITIVE ANAEROBIC SPORE
BEARING BACILLI THAT IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN
SOIL, SEDIMENTS OF LAKES AND PONDS AND
DECAYING VEGETATION.
 CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM IS A
GRAM
-POSITIVE, ROD-SHAPED, ANAEROBIC,
SPORE-FORMING, MOTILE BACTERIUM
WITH THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE THE
NEUROTOXIN BOTULINUM. THE
BOTULINUM TOXIN CAN CAUSE
BOTULISM, A SEVERE FLACCID
THANK YOU!

MORALES, JACOB
B. 22B1