| Shigella dysenteriae | |
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| Dark-field microscopy revealing Shigella dysenteriae bacteria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Shigella |
| Species: | S. dysenteriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1897)
Castellani & Chalmers 1919 | |
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Shigella dysenteriae is a species of the rod-shaped bacterial genus Shigella.[1] Shigella species can cause shigellosis (bacillary dysentery). Shigellae are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria.[2] S. dysenteriae has the ability to invade and replicate in various species of epithelial cells and enterocytes.[3]
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