Bacterium
shigella Audio
shi·gel·la [ shi-gel-uh ]
Subclass of:
Enterobacteriaceae
Definitions related to 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 (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A genus of Gram-negative, non-spore forming rod-shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Shigella genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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