What is Salmonella?

Answer:
Salmonella is a genus of motile enterobacteria

that are usually rod-shaped and only a few nanometers in size.

Salmonella is a disease-causing bacteria that can be transmitted from animals to humans. It usually spreads by means of animal waste, contaminated water, or contaminated animal food products.

Salmonella was discovered by Theobald Smith in 1885, but named for the administrator of the USDA Research Program, Dr. Daniel Elmer Salmon. The first L in Salmonella is usually pronounced aloud, as the bacteria is named for Dr. Salmon, not the Salmon fish.