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 | |
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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 | |
Bacterium sonnei Levine 1920 |
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