Shigella sonnei
Shigella sonnei is a species of Shigella. Together with Shigella flexneri, it is responsible for 90% of shigellosis cases. Shigella sonnei is named for the Danish bacteriologist Carl Olaf Sonne. It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, nonmotile, non-spore-forming bacterium.
| Shigella sonnei | |
|---|---|
| Gram negative Shigella sonnei bacteria which spent 48 hours cultured on Hektoen enteric agar (HEK). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Shigella |
| Species: | S. sonnei |
| Binomial name | |
| Shigella sonnei (Levine 1920) Weldin 1927 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bacterium sonnei Levine 1920 | |
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