Shigella

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q131029
Shigella
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Shigella

Summary

Shigella is a taxon[1]. Shigella ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,323 views/month, #1,239 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shigella's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Shigella is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Kiyoshi Shiga is named after Shigella[5].
  • Shigella belongs to the parent taxon Enterobacteriaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Shigella is Shigella[7].
  • Shigella's Commons category is recorded as Shigella[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Shigella is Shigella dysenteriae[9].
  • Shigella's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shigella[10].
  • Shigella's has effect is recorded as shigellosis[11].
  • Shigella's different from is recorded as dysentery[12].
  • Shigella's LPSN URL is recorded as http://www.bacterio.net/shigella.html[13].
  • Shigella's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/shigella[14].
  • Shigella's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Shigella is Shigella[7]. Shigella is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Shigella is classified within Enterobacteriaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Shigella is Shigella dysenteriae[9].

Discovery and Description

Kiyoshi Shiga is named after Shigella[5].

Identifiers

Shigella's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356658[16]. Shigella's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 620[17]. Shigella's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 97425[18]. Shigella's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3221853[19]. Shigella's ITIS TSN is recorded as 958097[20].

Why It Matters

Shigella ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,323 views/month, #1,239 of 195,241).[2] Shigella has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Shigella is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Shigella
    Has effect shigellosis
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    Taxon rank genus
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