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Shigella
Broader Terms:
Enterobacteriaceae
Narrower Terms:
Shigella dysenteriae
Related Terms:
bacillary dysentery
Related Terms:
bacterial food poisoning
Scope Note:
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.
Term Number:
0338-8855
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