Bacterium
Campylobacter jejuni
Curved motile Gram-negative rod
KAM-pih-loh-bak-ter juh-JOO-nee
High-yield clue
Curved or gull-wing Gram-negative rod + motility vocabulary.
Overview
A curved Gram-negative rod used in coursework for foodborne exposure vocabulary, motility, and gull-wing morphology cues.
Classification
- Gram-negative
- Curved rod
- Microaerophile concept
Lab & identification clues
- Curved morphology
- Motility vocabulary
- Microaerophilic growth concept without protocol details
Associations
- Foodborne diarrhea vocabulary
- Poultry exposure teaching clue
- Guillain-Barre association vocabulary
Commonly confused with
- Vibrio cholerae
- Helicobacter pylori
- Salmonella enterica
Your notes
Original student-study summary. Sources checked: OpenStax Microbiology 2e, NCBI Bookshelf Medical Microbiology, and CDC topic pages where applicable; reviewed 2026-06. Educational only; no diagnosis, treatment, dosing, or specimen-handling guidance.