Shigella dysenteriae is a Gram-negative rod, negative for lactose fermentation, causing dysentery with bloody diarrhea and secreting an exotoxin that damages the gut epithelial lining.
Shigella dysenteriae es un bacilo Gram negativo, fermentador de lactosa negativo, que causa disentería con diarrea sanguinolenta y secreta una exotoxina que daña el epitelio intestinal.
| Front | Shigella Dysenteriae General |
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| Back | gram - rod - Lactose fermentation (-) (E.Coli is lactose fermentation +) dysentery (blood diarrhea), secrets an exotoxin onto the gut epithelial lining |
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