Kiyoshi Shiga

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Kiyoshi Shiga was a Japanese bacteriologist best known for discovering the dysentery-causing bacterium Shigella dysenteriae, which is named after him.

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instanceOf Japanese scientist
bacteriologist
human
awardReceived Order of Culture NERFINISHED
Order of the Sacred Treasure NERFINISHED
causeOfFame isolation of the dysentery bacillus
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1871-02-07
dateOfDeath 1957-01-25
discovered Shigella dysenteriae NERFINISHED
educatedAt Tokyo Imperial University NERFINISHED
employer Institute for Infectious Diseases NERFINISHED
Keio University NERFINISHED
Manchurian Medical College NERFINISHED
eponymOf Shigella dysenteriae NERFINISHED
genus Shigella NERFINISHED
era Meiji period NERFINISHED
Shōwa period NERFINISHED
Taishō period NERFINISHED
familyName Shiga NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork bacteriology
infectious diseases
gender male
givenName Kiyoshi NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDiscipline medical microbiology
hasNameInKanji 志賀潔
influenced development of modern bacteriology in Japan
knownFor discovery of Shigella dysenteriae
research on dysentery
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
memberOf Japan Academy NERFINISHED
name Kiyoshi Shiga NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
notableWork identification of dysentery bacillus in 1897
occupation bacteriologist
placeOfBirth Miyagi Prefecture NERFINISHED
Sendai Domain NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tokyo NERFINISHED
studied epidemic dysentery
studiedAt Kitasato Institute NERFINISHED
workedUnder Kitasato Shibasaburō NERFINISHED

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Shibasaburo Kitasato notableStudent Kiyoshi Shiga