Shigella dysenteriae

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'''Shigella dysenteriae'''
'''Shigella dysenteriae'''
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They are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile bacteria.
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|+ '''Scientific classification'''
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!Kingdom || Bacteria
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! Phylum || Proteobacteria
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! Class || Gamma Proteobacteria
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! Order || Enterobacteriales
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! Family || Enterobacteriaceae
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! Genus || Shigella
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! Species || '''''S. dysenteriae'''''
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! Binomial || ''Shigella dysenteriae''
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==Surface Characteristics==
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Chemically, the O-antigen is a polysaccharide chain of variable length, built up by repetitive sequences of tetra- to hexasaccharides. It consists of a basic tetrasaccharide repeating unit consisting of three rhamnoses and one N-acetylglucosamine was common to all S. flexneri strains (except serotype 17): -2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-β-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->
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==Transmission==
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S. dysenteriae, spread by contaminated water and food. Contamination is often caused by bacteria on unwashed hands during food preparation, or soiled hands reaching the mouth
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==Pathogenic Activity==
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They causes the most severe dysentery because of its potent and deadly Shiga toxin, but other species may also be dysentery agents.
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==References==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigella_dysenteriae Wikipedia]
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Shigella dysenteriae

They are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile bacteria.


Scientific classification
Kingdom Bacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria
Class Gamma Proteobacteria
Order Enterobacteriales
Family Enterobacteriaceae
Genus Shigella
Species S. dysenteriae
Binomial Shigella dysenteriae



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[edit] Surface Characteristics

Chemically, the O-antigen is a polysaccharide chain of variable length, built up by repetitive sequences of tetra- to hexasaccharides. It consists of a basic tetrasaccharide repeating unit consisting of three rhamnoses and one N-acetylglucosamine was common to all S. flexneri strains (except serotype 17): -2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-β-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->

[edit] Transmission

S. dysenteriae, spread by contaminated water and food. Contamination is often caused by bacteria on unwashed hands during food preparation, or soiled hands reaching the mouth

[edit] Pathogenic Activity

They causes the most severe dysentery because of its potent and deadly Shiga toxin, but other species may also be dysentery agents.


[edit] References

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