Shigella is a genus of Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore forming rod-shaped bacteria closely related to Escherichia coli and Salmonella.
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- Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella. Most who are infected with Shigella develop diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps starting a day or two after they are exposed to the bacterium.
in the decade from 1985-1995, resistance of Shigella (which causes gastrointestinal illness) to ampicillin grew from 32% to 67%.
Examples of pathogenic bacteria are Mycobacterium tuberculosis (causing tuberculosis), Streptococcus penumoniae (causing pneumonia), Shigella, Campylobacter and Salmonella (causing foodborne illnesses).
So far the comparison has revealed the gene for shiga toxin from the diarrhea-causing bacterium Shigella (on a bacteriophage) (7), virulence genes carried on plasmids and a pathogenicity island.
 See also: Bacteria, Human, Host, Pathogen, Bacterium
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