Species "Bacillus dysentericus"

Name: "Bacillus dysentericus" Shiga 1897

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … dys-en-TE-ri-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13313; CIP 57.28; DSM 4781; NCTC 4837

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16S rRNA gene: X96966 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Shiga K. Sekiri Byogen Kenkyu Hokoku Dai-Ichi (First report on etiologic research on dysentery). Saikingaku-Zasshi 1897; 25:790-810.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1897) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Escherichia coli subsp. shigellae" Dif et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1897) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shiga K. Sekiri Byogen Kenkyu Hokoku Dai-Ichi (First report on etiologic research on dysentery). Saikingaku-Zasshi 1897; 25:790-810.

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Record number: 4386

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Species "Bacillus dysentericus"