Shigella
[shĭ-gel´ah] a genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria containing four species that are differentiated by biochemical reactions:
S. dysente´riae (subgroup A),
S. flex´�neri (subgroup B),
S. boy´dii (subgroup C), and
S. son´nei (subgroup D). Their normal habitat is the intestinal tract of humans and higher monkeys; all species cause
dysentery.
shigella
[shĭ-gel´ah] any individual organism of the genus Shigella.
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Shigella
(shē-gel'lă), A genus of nonmotile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (family Enterobacteriaceae) containing gram-negative nonencapsulated rods. These organisms cannot use citrate as a sole source of carbon; their growth is inhibited by potassium cyanide and their metabolism is fermentative; they ferment glucose and other carbohydrates with the production of acid but not gas; lactose is ordinarily not fermented, although it is sometimes slowly attacked; the normal habitat is the intestinal tract of humans and of higher apes; all of the species produce dysentery. The type species is Shigella dysenteriae.
[Kiyoshi Shiga]
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shigella
(shĭ-gĕl′ə)n. pl. shi·gellae (-gĕl′ē) also
shi·gellas Any of various nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Shigella, which includes some species that cause dysentery.
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Shigella
Microbiology A genus of gram-negative bacilli of the family Enterobacteriaceae, and major cause of bacterial dysenteryMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Shi·gel·la
(shē-gel'lă) A genus of nonmotile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing gram-negative, non-spore-forming rods. A major cause of dysentery.
[Kiyoshi Shiga]
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Shiga,
Kiyoshi, Japanese bacteriologist, 1870-1957. Shigella boydii - a species found in feces of symptomatic individuals.
Shigella flexneri - a species found in the feces of symptomatic individuals and of convalescents or carriers; the most common cause of dysentery epidemics and sometimes of infantile gastroenteritis. Synonym(s):
Flexner bacillus;
paradysentery bacillus Shigella sonnei - a species causing mild dysentery and also summer diarrhea in children. Synonym(s):
Sonne bacillus Shigella - a genus of nonmotile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (family Enterobacteriaceae), all of whose species produce dysentery.
Shiga bacillus - Synonym(s): Shigella dysenteriae
Shiga-Kruse bacillus - Synonym(s): Shigella dysenteriae
shigellosis - bacillary dysentery caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella.
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Shi·gel·la
(shē-gel'lă) Genus of nonmotile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria with habitat in the intestinal tract of humans and of higher apes; all species produce dysentery.
[Kiyoshi Shiga]
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