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Shigella
	; Photomicrograph of Shigella sp. in a stool specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria;
Phylum:	Proteobacteria;
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria;
Order:	Enterobacteriales;
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae;
Genus:	Shigella; Castellani & Chalmers 1919
Species
	S. boydii; S. dysenteriae; S. flexneri; S. sonnei;

This article is about the bacteria. For the disease, see shigellosis

Shigella is a genus of Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore forming rod-shaped bacteria closely related to Escherichia coli and Salmonella. The causative agent of human shigellosis, Shigella also cause disease in other primates, but not in other mammals.^[1]

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↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed. ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.