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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Shigella
Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Shigella

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Shigella  

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection equals DYSENTERY, BACILLARY and specify species if pertinent

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  • A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that ferments sugar without gas production. Its organisms are intestinal pathogens of man and other primates and cause bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012760

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