Friday, June 16, 2006
Shigella dysenteriae
Hello.
My name is S. dysenteriae.
I'm a Gram negative bacteria in the Enterbacteriaceae family.
I'm also part of tribe I, Ecsherichiae.
My cousins S. flexneri, S. boydii, S. sonnei and I are all very close.
We all cause bacterial dysentery, a diarrhoea with blood and pus.
We can do this because we have Shiga toxin.
We can be transmitted on clothes and furniture.
I was all around in world war II and I killed King
Henry V!
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1 comment:
OOH OHH!! can I have him??
MINE!!!
(You know I like a man/microbe in uniform...)
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