Shigella flexneri

Summary

Shigella flexneri is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shigella flexneri's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Shigella flexneri is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Kiyoshi Shiga is named after Shigella flexneri^[5].
• Simon Flexner is named after Shigella flexneri^[6].
• Shigella flexneri is classified within Shigella^[7].
• Shigella flexneri's scientific name is Shigella flexneri^[8].
• Shigella flexneri's Commons category is recorded as Shigella flexneri^[9].
• Shigella flexneri's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/shigella-flexneri^[10].
• Shigella flexneri's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria^[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Shigella flexneri is Shigella flexneri^[8]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Shigella^[7].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include Kiyoshi Shiga^[5], a physician^[12], 1871–1957^[13], of Japan^[14], awarded the Order of Culture^[15], specialised in medicine^[16] and Simon Flexner^[6], a physician^[17], 1863–1946^[18], of United States^[19], awarded the George M. Kober Lectureship^[20], specialised in pathology^[21].

Identifiers

Shigella flexneri's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 623^[22]. Shigella flexneri's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 972668^[23]. Shigella flexneri's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3221854^[24]. Shigella flexneri's ITIS TSN is recorded as 966035^[25].

Why It Matters

Shigella flexneri ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]