Shigella
See also: shigella
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Japanese Shiga (“a surname”), after Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga + -ella.
Proper noun
Shigella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain gram-negative bacteria, some of which can invade the colon and trigger the form of dysentery called shigellosis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Bacteria - kingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Enterobacteriales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Shigella boydii, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei (species)
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