<unk>  is a pathogenic bacterium belonging to the genus Salmonella, and was  earlier known as Salmonella subspecies V or S. enterica subsp.<unk>  or S. choleraesuis subsp.<unk> . It is a Gram negative rod-shaped bacterium (bacillus) which causes a gastrointestinal disease called salmonellosis, characterized by cramping and diarrhoea. It is typically considered a microbe of cold-blooded animals, unlike other members of the genus, and is most frequently associated with reptiles.
It was discovered in 1966 from a lizard in the city of<unk>  Chad, from which the specific name<unk>  was derived.  After decades of controversy in Salmonella nomenclature, it gained the species status in 2005.
Salmonella bongori
Salmonella enterica
Giardia lamblia
Salmonella enteritidis
Shigella dysenteriae
Campylobacter jejuni
Clostridium difficile
Escherichia coli O157:H7