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Escherichia a Shigella - pro klinickou bakteriologii dva dlouho známé rody, přesto taxonomicky stále problematické
| Title in English | Escherichia and Shigella - although long known to clinical bacteriologists, the two gwnwra are still taxonomically problematic |
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Zprávy Centra epidemiologie a mikrobiologie |
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| Field | Microbiology, virology |
| Keywords | Escherichia; Shigella; Taxonomy |
| Description | Members of the genus Escherichia are considered as commensal or even opportumistic bacteria. Only two of the seven initially described Escherichia species are currently valid: Escherichia coli and Escherichia albertii while the remaining five species (Escherichia adecarboxylata, Escherichia blattae, Escherichia hermannii, Escherichia vulneris, and Escherichia fergusonii) were reclassified. Moreover, based on DNA relatedness, molecular genetic analyses revealed that E. coli and four species of the genus Shigella represent an identical taxon, and therefore the Shigella species are actually serovars of the pathogenic clones of E. coli. As the genus Shigella is invalid, the name should not be used in bacteriology any longer. |
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