shigellae

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• shigellae — n. any of several varieties of rod shaped bacteria which inhabit the intestinal tract and cause dysentery (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary

• shigella — /shi gel euh/, n., pl. shigellae / gel ee/, shigellas. Bacteriol. any of several rod shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm blooded animals. [ < NL (1918), after Kiyoshi… …   Universalium

• shigella — noun (plural shigellae; also gellas) Etymology: New Latin, from Kiyoshi Shiga died 1957 Japanese bacteriologist Date: 1937 1. any of a genus (Shigella) of nonmotile rod shaped bacteria that cause dysenteries in animals and especially humans 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shigellosis — noun (plural shigelloses) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1944 dysentery caused by shigellae …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Diarrhea — For other uses, see Diarrhea (disambiguation). Diarrhea An electron micrograph …   Wikipedia

• Shigella dysenteriae — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Shigella dysenteriae regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Enterobacteriales familia = Enterobacteriaceae genus = Shigella species = S. dysenteriae binomial = Shigella… …   Wikipedia

• Food microbiology — is the study of the microorganisms which inhabit, create or contaminate food. Of major importance is the study of microorganisms causing food spoilage.cite book | author = Fratamico PM and Bayles DO (editor). | title = Foodborne Pathogens:… …   Wikipedia

• Philippe J. Sansonetti — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Philippe J. Sansonetti, MS, MD ( * 9 de abril de 1949 (60 años)) es microbiólogo y profesor en el Instituto Pasteur (Institut Pasteur) y en el Colegio de Francia (Collège de France) en Paris. Es también director …   Wikipedia Español

• sulfonamide — sul·fon·amide or chiefly Brit sul·phon·amide .səl fän ə .mīd, məd; fō nə .mīd n any of various amides (as sulfanilamide) of a sulfonic acid also SULFA DRUG * * * sul·fon·a·mide (səl fonґə mīd) 1. an organic compound containing the… …   Medical dictionary

• gram-negative broth — a liquid medium containing peptone, glucose, D mannitol, sodium citrate, sodium desoxycholate, sodium chloride, and phosphate buffer, used as an enrichment medium for the primary culture of salmonellae and shigellae in fecal specimens. Called… …   Medical dictionary

• Hektoen enteric agar — an agar medium containing peptone, bile salts, yeast extract, lactose, sucrose, salicin, sodium chloride, sodium thiosulfate, ferric ammonium citrate, acid fuchsin, and bromthymol blue. It is a selective medium used for the primary isolation and… …   Medical dictionary