

L(+) tartrate(+), ferments tartrate and is associated with gastroenteritis typical of nontyphoidal salmonellosis.

Paratyphi B strains are differentiated into 2 distinct pathotypes on the basis of their ability to ferment tartrate: the first pathotype, Paratyphi B, is unable to ferment tartrate and is associated with paratyphoid fever the second pathotype, Paratyphi B var. Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi, Paratyphi A, Paratyphi B, and Paratyphi C cause potentially severe and occasionally life-threatening bacteremic illnesses referred to as typhoid fever (for Typhi serotype) and paratyphoid fever (for Paratyphi serotypes), and collectively as enteric fever.

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