Taxonomy ID: 622

Rank: species

Scientific name: Shigella dysenteriae

Authority: "Bacillus dysentericus" Shiga 1897; "Bacillus dysenteriae" Shiga 1898; "Bacillus shigae" Chester 1901; "Shigella shigae" (Chester 1901) Wilson and Miles 1946; Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919; "Eberthella dysenteriae" (Shiga 1898) Bergey et al. 1925; Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1897) Castellani and Chalmers 1919

Equivalent name: Escherichia/Shigella dysenteriae

Synonym: Bacillus shigae; Eberthella dysenteriae; Shigella shigae; Bacillus dysentericus; Bacillus dysenteriae