The bacteria species " Shigella flexneri " was named in recognition of Flexner.
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A study in China indicated that " Shigella flexneri " 2a was the most common serotype.
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Three species are associated with bacillary dysentery : " Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri " and " Shigella dysenteriae ".
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Homologous RNA genes have been found in other species such as " Shigella flexneri " and " Salmonella " species.
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The two main examples of paracytophagy are the modes of cell-cell transmission of " Listeria monocytogenes " and " Shigella flexneri ".
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Such phosphatase activity is shown for Shigella flexneri effector IpgD and two mammalian phosphatases PtdIns ( 4, 5 ) P2 4-phosphatase type I and type II.
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The t44 gene is found between the " map " and " rpsB " genes in all species in the full alignment apart from " Shigella flexneri ".
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Together with " Shigella flexneri ", it is responsible for 90 % of shigellosis cases . " Shigella sonnei " is named for the Danish bacteriologist Carl Olaf Sonne.
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"Shigella flexneri " will produce acid and gas from glucose, and " Shigella sonnei " is mannitol and ornithine positive, and is also a late lactose fermenter ( ONPG positive ).
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From the annals of " Why bother to reinvent the wheel ?'and " There's no such thing as a better mousetrap " comes the extraordinary tale of Shigella flexneri's so-called comet tail.
