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What is the disease name for shigella dysenteriae?
Dysentery is the disease name. The pathogen name is Shigella Dysenteriae.
What is the scientific name for enterobacteria?
The scientific name of bacteria is prokaryote.
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.
What type of pathogen causes shigella?
Shigella is caused by a type of bacterium. Specifically, it is a genus of bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Shigella is known to cause shigellosis, an infectious disease characterized by diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. There are four main species of Shigella, with Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri, Shigella boydii, and Shigella sonnei being the most common.
What kingdom is shigella in?
Eubacteria is the Kingdom of shigella.
Colour of shigella in DCA medium?
The color of shigella in the DCA medium is straw or pink.
Who does shigella attack?
Shigella attacks all people especially weak children or infants.
Is shigella dysentery acid fast positive?
No, Shigella dysentery is not acid-fast positive. Shigella is a genus of bacteria that are Gram-negative and do not retain the stain used in acid-fast bacilli (AFB) staining. Acid-fast positivity is characteristic of mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, not Shigella. Therefore, Shigella dysentery would not be identified as acid-fast in laboratory tests.
How are Shigella bacteria identified?
Shigella are identified by a combination of their appearance under the microscope and various chemical tests.
How is the Shigella infection spread?
Shigella infection spreads through food or water contaminated by human waste.
How many different groups of Shigella can affect humans?
Four different groups of Shigella can affect humans.
