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Shigella is a
genus of
bacteria that is Gram negative,
facultatively anaerobic, non–spore-forming, nonmotile, rod shaped, and is
genetically nested within...
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Shigella dysenteriae is a
species of the rod-shaped
bacterial genus Shigella.
Shigella species can
cause shigellosis (bacillary dysentery).
Shigellae are...
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Shigella flexneri is a
species of Gram-negative
bacteria in the
genus Shigella that can
cause diarrhea in humans.
Several different serogroups of Shigella...
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Shigella sonnei is a
species of
Shigella.
Together with
Shigella flexneri, it is
responsible for 90% of
shigellosis cases.
Shigella sonnei is
named for...
- dehydration. The
cause of
dysentery is
usually the
bacteria from
genus Shigella, in
which case it is
known as shigellosis, or the
amoeba Entamoeba histolytica;...
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Shigella boydii is a Gram-negative
bacterium of the
genus Shigella. Like
other members of the genus, S.
boydii is a nonmotile, nonsporeforming, rod-shaped...
- agar) is a
selective growth medium used in the
isolation of
Salmonella and
Shigella species from
clinical samples and from food. The agar was
developed by...
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historically as dysentery, is an
infection of the
intestines caused by
Shigella bacteria.
Symptoms generally start one to two days
after exposure and include...
- Shiga, who
first described the
bacterial origin of
dysentery caused by
Shigella dysenteriae. Shiga-like
toxin (SLT) is a
historical term for
similar or...
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familiar pathogens, such as Salmonella,
Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, and
Shigella.
Other disease-causing
bacteria in this
family include Enterobacter and...
