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Shigella dysenteriae type 1 Shigella boydii Shigella flexneri Shigella sonnei foodborne illness shigellosis fecal-oral route Gram-negative bacterium Enterobacter klebsiella Yersinia Haemophilus Salmonella coliform bacteria kappa organism

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Shiga Kiyoshi

Japanese bacteriologist