| 释义 |
Shiga Bacteriol.|ˈʃiːgə|
The name of Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), Japanese bacteriologist, who discovered this bacterium in 1898, used attrib. and in the possessive to denote the Gram-negative bacterium Shigella dysenteriæ, which causes dysentery in man, and the toxin produced by it.
1900Philad. Med. Jrnl. VI. 423/1 They proceeded upon the false assumption that Shiga's microorganism was a variety of B[acillus] coli communis. Ibid., Comparison of the Eberth–Gaffky and Shiga bacilli show the criterions of difference are by no means numerous. 1946Nature 10 Aug. 207/2 It supervised the production of typhus vaccine and Shiga toxoid, and made suitable recommendations to the Department of National Defence concerning their use. 1947Ann. Rev. Microbiol. I. 313 The Shiga bacillus is rare except in the Middle East and in India. Ibid. 316 There is no evidence that the Shiga toxin plays a significant part in producing the pathology of dysentery. 1976Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics (ed. 2) vi. 328 Shigella... Subgroup A: Ten antigenically distinct serotypes, including Shiga's bacillus. |