Bacterium
shigella sonnei
Subclass of:
Shigella
Definitions related to shigella sonnei:
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A lactose-fermenting bacterium causing dysentery.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is indole and citrate negative, ferments mannitol and ornithine and is beta-D-galactosidase positive. S. sonnei is found in the human gastrointestinal system and is pathogenic, being a causative agent of shigellosis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Shigella sonnei.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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