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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 closely related...
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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 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 sonnei is a species of Shigella. Together with Shigella flexneri, it is responsible for 90% of shigellosis cases. Shigella sonnei is named for...
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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...
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    Shiga toxin (redirect from Shigella toxin)
    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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    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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    Shigellosis is an infection of the intestines caused by Shigella bacteria. Symptoms generally start one to two days after exposure and include diarrhea...
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    1897, Shiga was credited with the discovery and identification of the Shigella dysenteriae microorganism which causes dysentery, and the Shiga toxin which...
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    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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    species of Shigella are nested among E. coli strains (vide supra), while E. albertii and E. fergusonii are outside this group. Indeed, all Shigella species...
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  • (AIEC), morbus Crohn Escherichia coli NC101 Shigella Shigella flexneri Shigella dysenteriae Shigella boydii Shigella sonnei Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) Portal:...
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  • with bacillary dysentery: Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri and Shigella dysenteriae. A study in China indicated that Shigella flexneri 2a was the most...
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    selective and differential agar primarily used to recover Salmonella and Shigella from patient specimens. HEA contains indicators of lactose fermentation...
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    familiar pathogens, such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, and Shigella. Other disease-causing bacteria in this family include Enterobacter and...
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    Serotype (section Shigella)
    display the Quellung reaction visible under a microscope. Others such as Shigella (and E. coli) and Salmonella are traditionally detected using a slide agglutination...
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    Enterobacter Escherichia Klebsiella Pseudomonas Proteus Salmonella Serratia Shigella Vibrio Yersinia "The Size, Shape, And Arrangement Of Bacterial Cells"....
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    Other common causes of infectious enteritis include bacteria such as Shigella and E. coli, as well as viruses such as adenovirus, astrovirus and calicivirus...
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  • pathogens, it is generally avoided for some groups. The bacterial genus Shigella is the cause of bacillary dysentery, a potentially-severe infection that...
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  • with Shigella sonnei and Shigella flexneri and cross-reactions with Shigella antisera may occur. Plesiomonas can be distinguished from Shigella in diarrheal...
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    Some of the most researched T3SSs are from species of:[citation needed] Shigella (causes bacillary dysentery), Salmonella (typhoid fever), Escherichia coli...
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    occur due to infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli or Shigella species. HUS causes low platelet counts, poor kidney function, and low...
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    Enterobacteriaceae. It is particularly useful in isolating Salmonella and Shigella. Lysogeny broth is used to culture Escherichia coli. MacConkey agar is...
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    an invasion of bowel tissue. Dysentery is a symptom of, among others, Shigella, Entamoeba histolytica, and Salmonella. Diarrheal disease may have a negative...
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  • wall through mechanical cell destruction. EIEC are closely related to Shigella, like all E. coli are. Their similarity in disease phenotype come from...
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    diagnostics and vaccines. Particular areas of focus include cholera, typhoid, shigella, COVID-19 and the transmission of infectious diseases by humans crossing...
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    ferment lactose (e.g., E. coli) from those that do not (e.g., Salmonella, Shigella). Organisms that ferment lactose appear dark/black or green often with...
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  • Pseudomonas, and foodborne illnesses, which can be caused by bacteria such as Shigella, Campylobacter, and Salmonella. Pathogenic bacteria also cause infections...
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  • of Medical Research (ICMR) organisation, to develop a vaccine against shigella, a bacterium that causes dysentery. Currently, there is no approved vaccine...
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    superphylum of gram-negative bacteria, including E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, and other Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas, Moraxella, Helicobacter, Stenotrophomonas...
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