shiga dysentery bacillus
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shiga bacillus — noun a bacillus that causes dysentery • Syn: ↑Shigella dysentariae • Hypernyms: ↑shigella * * * ˈshēgə , (ˌ)gä noun also shiga dysentery bacillus Usage: usually capitalized S … Useful english dictionary
Shiga Kiyoshi — ▪ Japanese bacteriologist born Feb. 7, 1871, Sendai, Japan died Jan. 25, 1957, Tokyo Japanese bacteriologist, chiefly noted for his discovery (1897) of the dysentery bacillus Shigella, which is named after him. Shiga graduated from… … Universalium
Shiga bacillus — Shi·ga bacillus shē gə n a widely distributed but chiefly tropical bacterium of the genus Shigella (S. dysenteriae) that causes dysentery in humans and monkeys Shi·ga shē gä Kiyoshi (1870 1957) Japanese bacteriologist. Shiga is best known for the … Medical dictionary
Shiga bacillus — bacteria which causes dysentery … English contemporary dictionary
Kiyoshi Shiga — nihongo|Kiyoshi Shiga|志賀 潔|Shiga Kiyoshi; (February 7, 1871–January 25, 1951) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist.Shiga was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, though his original family name was Sato. He graduated from the Medical School… … Wikipedia
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… … Medical dictionary
Walther Kruse — (September 8, 1864 1943) was a German bacteriologist who was a native of Berlin. In 1888 he received his doctorate from Berlin, where he was a student of Rudolf Virchow (1821 1902). From 1889 until 1892 he worked as a bacteriolgist in Naples, and … Wikipedia
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Shigella dysentariae — noun a bacillus that causes dysentery • Syn: ↑shiga bacillus • Hypernyms: ↑shigella … Useful english dictionary
Kitasato Shibasaburo — nihongo|Kitasato Shibasaburō, 1st Baron Kitasato|北里 柴三郎|Kitasato Shibasaburō|extra=29 January, 1853 13 June, 1931 was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong … Wikipedia
