Back شيغيلة فلكسنرية Arabic شيغيله فلكسنريه ARZ Shigella flexneri Spanish Shigella flexneri French Shigella flexneri GL Shigella flexneri Italian Shigella flexneri Polish Shigella flexneri Portuguese Шигела Флекснера Ukrainian شیگیلا فلیکزینری UR
| Shigella flexneri | |
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| Shigella flexneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Shigella |
| Species: | S. flexneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Shigella flexneri Castellani & Chalmers 1919
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Shigella flexneri is a species of Gram-negative bacteria in the genus Shigella that can cause diarrhea in humans. Several different serogroups of Shigella are described; S. flexneri belongs to group B. S. flexneri infections can usually be treated with antibiotics, although some strains have become resistant. Less severe cases are not usually treated because they become more resistant in the future.[1] Shigella are closely related to Escherichia coli, but can be differentiated from E.coli based on pathogenicity, physiology (failure to ferment lactose or decarboxylate lysine) and serology.[2]
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