Shigella
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Translingual
Etymology
Named after Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga + -ella (taxonomic suffix).
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): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Enterobacterales – order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Shigella boydii, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei - species
References
Shigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Shigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Shigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Shigella at National Center for Biotechnology Information
