Kiyoshi Shiga

nihongo|Kiyoshi Shiga|志賀 潔|Shiga Kiyoshi; (February 7, 1871–January 25, 1951) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist.

Shiga was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, though his original family name was Sato. He graduated from the Medical School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1896 and went to work at the Institute for the Study of Infectious Diseases under Dr. Kitasato Shibasaburo. Shiga became famous for the discovery of shigella, the bacillus causing dysentery, in 1897. The bacterium shigella was thus named after him, as well as the shiga toxin, which is produced by the bacterium.

After the discovery of shigella, Shiga worked with Paul Ehrlich in Germany (1901-05). After returning to Japan, he resumed the study of infectious diseases with Dr. Kitasato. Shiga became a professor at Keio University in 1920.

From 1929-31, he was the president of Keijo Imperial University in Seoul and was senior medical advisor to the Japanese Governor-General of Korea. Shiga was a recipient of the Order of Culture in 1944.

References

* Csuros, Maria. Microbiological Examination of Water and Wastewater. CRC Press (1999). ISBN 1-56670-179-1