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Shigella
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.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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Figure 1. <i>Shigella</i> colonies on MacConkey agar plate.
Figure 1. Shigella colonies on MacConkey agar plate.
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Figure 2. <i>Shigella</i> colonies on Hektoen Enteric agar.
Figure 2. Shigella colonies on Hektoen Enteric agar.
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  1. National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification

National Library of Medicine MeSH Classification

Bacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods
Enterobacteriaceae
Calymmatobacterium
Cronobacter
Citrobacter
Edwardsiella
Enterobacter
Erwinia
Escherichia
Hafnia
Klebsiella
Kluyvera
Morganella
Pantoea
Pectobacterium
Photorhabdus
Plesiomonas
Proteus
Providencia
Salmonella
Serratia
Shigella
Shigella boydii
Shigella dysenteriae
Shigella flexneri
Shigella sonnei
Wigglesworthia
Xenorhabdus
Yersinia