Shigella

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Named after Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga +‎ -ella (taxonomic suffix).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain gram-negative bacteria, some of which can invade the colon and trigger the form of dysentery called shigellosis.

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Enterobacterales – order; Enterobacteriaceae - family

• (genus): Shigella boydii, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei - species

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