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Campylobacter jejuni foodborne illness campylobacteriosis bacteria rickettsia nitrogen-fixing bacteria sulfur bacterium eubacterium gliding bacterium budding bacterium denitrifying bacteria nitrifying bacterium sheathed bacteria lactic-acid bacterium