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...
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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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referred to as Dysentery) is an infection of the intestines caused by Shigella bacteria. Symptoms generally start one to two days after exposure and include...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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(AIEC), morbus Crohn Escherichia coli NC101 Shigella Shigella flexneri Shigella dysenteriae Shigella boydii Shigella sonnei Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) Portal:...
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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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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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familiar pathogens, such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, and Shigella. Other disease-causing bacteria in this family include Enterobacter and...
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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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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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Taxon in disguise (section Shigella)
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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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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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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pathogenic cascades in enterobacteria such as Escherichia coli and the four Shigella species. H-NS has a specific topology that allows it to condense bacterial...
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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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virus T1 Shigella virus 008 Shigella virus ISF001 Shigella virus PSf2 Shigella virus Sfin1 Shigella virus SH6 Shigella virus Shfl1 Shigella virus ISF002...
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Salmonella enterica Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis H2S− Shigella dysenteriae/sonnei/flexneri/boydii Shigellosis, Bacillary dysentery Proteus...
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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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cholerae (cholera) Clostridium difficile (pseudomembranous enterocolitis) Shigella (shigellosis / bacillary dysentery) Salmonella typhii (typhoid fever) Vibrio...
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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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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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