In the field of bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are those that exhibit a positive reaction to the gram stain test, which has been used for centuries to quickly divide bacteria into two groups based on the nature of their cell walls.
Gram-negative bacteria do not retain the crystal violet stain employed in the gram staining method of bacterial differentiation.
Gram-negative, flagellated, facultatively anaerobic Salmonella species are bacilli with O, H, and Vi antigens.
Three main antigens—the H or flagellar antigen, the O or somatic antigen, and the Vi antigen—are present in the gram-negative, flagellated, facultatively anaerobic bacilli known as salmonellae (possessed by only a few serovars).
H antigen can appear in either one or both of phases 1 and 2 or both.
Salmonella typhi, a potentially harmful organism, is what causes typhoid fever.
The bacteria that cause salmonellosis, another deadly intestinal infection, is linked to salmonella typhi, but they are not the same.