Shigella
Shigella is a genus of bacterium. It belongs to a small group of pathogens (including E. coli and Salmonella) that can infect the gut after the ingestion of relatively few organisms. The bacteria can cause sudden and severe diarrhea in humans.
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| Photomicrograph of Shigella sp. in a stool specimen | |
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| Genus: | Shigella Castellani & Chalmers 1919 |
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S. boydii | |
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