Look up: Shigella

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   shigella
   [n] - rod-shaped gram-negative enterobacteria
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   Shigella
   Shigella: A group of bacteria that normally inhabit the intestinal tract and cause infantile gastroenteritis, summer diarrhea of childhood and various forms of dysentery including epidemic and opportunistic bacillary dysentery. Named for the Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga (1870-1957).
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   Shigella
   Genus of non-motile Gram negative enterobacteria (Escherichiae group): cause dysentery. See Shiga toxin.
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   Shigella
   A gram-negative flagellated bacteria of the Eschericiae group, responsible for dysentery in humans. Infection by drinking contaminated water is common. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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   shigella
   noun rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
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   Shigella
   : `This article is about the bacteria. For the disease, see shigellosis` `Shigella` is a genus of Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore forming rod-shaped bacteria closely related to `Escherichia coli` and `Salmonella`. The causative agent of human shigellosis, `Shigella` also cause disease in other primates, but not in other mammals.
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   Shigella
   (shĭ-gel´ә) 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 int...
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   shigella
   (shĭ-gel´ә) any individual organism of the genus Shigella.
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   Shigella
   genus of rod-shaped bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae, species of which are normal inhabitants of the human intestinal tract and can cause ... [6 related articles]
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    Shigella
    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 product...
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