- genus Shigella
- nouna genus of bacteria• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Enterobacteriaceae, ↑family Enterobacteriaceae• Member Meronyms: ↑shigella
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genus Shigella
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shigella — [shi gel′ə] n. pl. shigellae [shi gel′ē] or shigellas [ModL, after Kiyoshi Shiga (1870 1957), Jpn bacteriologist] any of a genus (Shigella) of Gram negative bacilli, certain species of which cause dysentery … English World dictionary
Shigella boydii — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Shigella boydii image width = 240px image caption = S. boydii on Hektoen enteric agar. regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Enterobacteriales familia = Enterobacteriaceae … Wikipedia
Shigella — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Shigella | image caption=Photomicrograph of Shigella sp. in a stool specimen regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Enterobacteriales familia = Enterobacteriaceae genus =… … Wikipedia
Shigella dysenteriae — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Shigella dysenteriae regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Enterobacteriales familia = Enterobacteriaceae genus = Shigella species = S. dysenteriae binomial = Shigella… … 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
shigella — /shi gel euh/, n., pl. shigellae / gel ee/, shigellas. Bacteriol. any of several rod shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm blooded animals. [ < NL (1918), after Kiyoshi… … Universalium
Shigella flexneri — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Shigella flexneri regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Enterobacteriales familia = Enterobacteriaceae genus = Shigella species = S. flexneri binomial = Shigella flexneri… … Wikipedia
shigella — [ʃɪ gɛlə] noun (plural same or shigellae) a bacterium of a genus including some kinds responsible for dysentery. [Genus Shigella.] Origin mod. L., from the name of the Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), + the dimin. suffix ella … English new terms dictionary
shigella — noun (plural shigellae; also gellas) Etymology: New Latin, from Kiyoshi Shiga died 1957 Japanese bacteriologist Date: 1937 1. any of a genus (Shigella) of nonmotile rod shaped bacteria that cause dysenteries in animals and especially humans 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
shigella — noun /ʃiˈɡelə/ A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause shigellosis a form of dysentery … Wiktionary
