Shigella dysenteriae

Shigella dysenteriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria;
Phylum:	Proteobacteria;
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria;
Order:	Enterobacteriales;
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae;
Genus:	Shigella;
Species:	S. dysenteriae;
Binomial name
	Shigella dysenteriae; (Shiga 1897); Castellani & Chalmers 1919

Shigella dysenteriae is a species of the rod-shaped bacterial genus Shigella.^[1] They are normal inhabitants of the human gastro-intestinal tract and can cause shigellosis (bacillary dysentery). Shigellae are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile bacteria.^[2]

S. dysenteriae, spread by contaminated water and food, causes the most severe dysentery because of its potent and deadly Shiga toxin, but other species may also be dysentery agents.^[3]

References

↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., McGraw Hill. ISBN 0838585299.
↑ Hale TL, Keusch GT (1996). Shigella. In: Baron's Medical Microbiology (Baron S et al, eds.), 4th ed., Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.
↑ Herold S, Karch H, Schmidt H (2004). "Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages--genomes in motion". Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 294 (2-3): 115-21. PMID 15493821.

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[Sherris-0] Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., McGraw Hill. ISBN 0838585299.

[Baron-1] Hale TL, Keusch GT (1996). Shigella. In: Baron's Medical Microbiology (Baron S et al, eds.), 4th ed., Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.

[2] Herold S, Karch H, Schmidt H (2004). "Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages--genomes in motion". Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 294 (2-3): 115-21. PMID 15493821.

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