Shigella dysenteriae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
General information
Name
Shigella dysenteriae
Basonym
'Bacillus dysenteriae' Shiga 1898
Valid publication
1980
Effective publication
1919
Nomenclature type
ATCC 13313
;BCRC 13983
;CCTM La 1261;CCUG 9565
;CECT 584;CIP 57.28;DSM 4781
;NCTC 4837
Etymology
L. gen. n. <i>dysenteriae</i>, of dysentery.
Ecology
Source
isolated from intestinal tract of humans and subhuman primates, causing bacillary dysentery.
Morphology
Cells are non-motile, straight rods (0.7-1.0 × 1-3 µm). Colonies of serotype 1 often have a pinkish tinge on Leifson's deoxycholate citrate agar.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 1-3 | 0.7-1.0 |
motility |
---|
+ |
Physiology
Nutrition type
chemoorganotroph
Oxygen requirement
facultatively anaerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
53 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
C/N source
positive results | ||
---|---|---|
dulcitol | sucrose | lactose |
negative results | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D-mannitol | myo-inositol | salicine | adonitol | malonate | acetate | sodium acetate | citrate |
Biochemistry
Indole pdu
-
Nitrate rdc
+
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
catalase | -.u.+ |
oxidase | - |
Taxonomy marker
Genomics
Submitter date: 2018/02/23 00:00 Update date: 2018/02/27 00:00
Source
CDC
Coverage
59
Assembly status
Complete Genome
Assembly class
haploid
Strain List
References
1
Shiga, K. Ueber den Dysenteriebacillus (Bacillus dysenteriae). Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektinskr. Hyg. Abt. I Orig. (1898) 24:817-828.
2
Castellani, A., and Chalmers, A.J. Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed. Williams Wood and Co., New York. (1919).
3
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225]