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Shigella dysenteriae

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q265094
Shigella dysenteriae
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Summary

Shigella dysenteriae is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (546 views/month, #1,576 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Kiyoshi Shiga[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Shigella[5]
  • Taxon name: Shigella dysenteriae[6]
  • Commons category: Shigella dysenteriae[7]
  • Has effect: shigellosis[8]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/shigella-dysenteriae[9]
  • Gram staining: gram-negative bacteria[10]

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Identifiers

Shigella dysenteriae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 978723[11]. Shigella dysenteriae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 622[12]. Shigella dysenteriae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 972637[13]. Shigella dysenteriae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3221856[14]. Shigella dysenteriae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 966038[15].

Why It Matters

Shigella dysenteriae has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . BacDive. Retrieved . bacdive.dsmz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . BacDive. Retrieved . bacdive.dsmz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . BacDive. Retrieved . bacdive.dsmz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'gl', 'id', 'it', '
    Taxon author citation → (Shiga 1897)<br />Castellani &amp; Chalmers 1919
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: (Shiga 1897)<br />Castellani &amp; Chalmers 1919, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Kiyoshi Shiga
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Gram staining → gram-negative bacteria
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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