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Shigella are identified by a combination of their appearance under the microscope and various chemical tests.
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Is shigella non motile bacteria?
Shigella is a non-motile, non-sporing, non-capsulated bacteria. It causes bacillary dysentery.
How infectious are the Shigella bacteria?
Shigella are extremely infectious bacteria, and ingestion of just 10 organisms is enough to cause severe diarrhea and dehydration.
What are examples of motile bacteria?
staphylococcus,shigella
Who is the Shigella bacteria named after?
The bacteria is named in honor of Shiga, a Japanese researcher, who discovered the organism in 1897.
Shigella bacteria accounts for what percentage of diarrhea in travelers to Mexico and South America?
Shigella accounts for about 10% of diarrhea illness in travelers to Mexico, South America, and the tropics.
What is the condition known as shigellosis?
Shigellosis is an infection of the intestinal tract by a group of bacteria called Shigella.
What damage is done to the colon by Shigella bacteria?
The result is a colitis that produces multiple ulcers, which can bleed.
What does spp after the shigella stand for?
shigella sp or shigella spp = shigella species
What is the common name for shigella dysenteiae bacteria?
The common name for Shigella is Dysentery. This causes a severe, watery diarrhea. A person loses so much water it is fatal. This disease also is caused by an amoeba.
Which bacteria gives dark puple colour on EMB agar medium?
Escherichia coli-Salmonella-Shigella-Enterobacter
What the example of non motile bacteria?
E. coli is a motile bacteria. It utilizes flagella(whip-like structures) in order to engage in locomotion.
What is shigella bacillus?
A rod-shaped bacteria known to cause food-born ilnesses with symptoms of sudden and severe diarrhea.
