Plesiomonas shigelloides

Taxobox
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name = "Plesiomonas shigelloides"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
ordo = Enterobacteriales
familia = Enterobacteriaceae
genus = "Plesiomonas"
genus_authority = corrig. Habs and Schubert 1962
species = "P. shigelloides"
binomial = "Plesiomonas shigelloides"
binomial_authority = corrig. (Bader 1954)
Habs and Schubert 1962
synonyms = "Pseudomonas shigelloides" Bader 1954
"Aeromonas shigelloides" (Bader 1954) Ewing et al. 1961
"Fergusonia shigelloides" (Bader 1954) Sebald and Véron 1963

"Plesiomonas shigelloides" is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium which has been isolated from freshwater, freshwater fish, and shellfish and from many types of animals including cattle, goats, swine, cats, dogs, monkeys, vultures, snakes, and toads.

Infections from this organism cause gastroenteritis followed by septicemia in immune deficient patients. It is placed among the Enterobacteriaceae.