Shigella dysenteriae

"Shigella dysenteriae" is a species of the rod-shaped bacterial genus "Shigella". "Shigella" species can cause shigellosis. Shigellae are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria. "S. dysenteriae" has the ability to invade and replicate in various species of epithelial cells and enterocytes.