Kiyoshi Shiga ( Japanese 志 賀 潔 , February 7, 1871, Sendai , Miyagi Prefecture - January 25, 1957, Tokyo ) is a Japanese doctor and microbiologist . First identified the causative agent of bacterial dysentery . Rector of Keijo Imperial University in 1929-1931. In Russian-language literature, another option is often found for writing the name of the scientist - Shiga .
| Kiyoshi Shiga | |||
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| 志 賀 潔 | |||
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| Date of Birth | |||
| Place of Birth | Sendai ( Miyagi Prefecture , Japan ) | ||
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| Place of death | Tokyo | ||
| A country |  Japan | ||
| Scientific field | bacteriology | ||
| Place of work | Keio University, Keijo Imperial University | ||
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University | ||
| supervisor | Kitasato Shibasaburo | ||
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Short Biography
In 1896, he graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Tokyo and began working at the Institute for the Study of Infectious Diseases under the supervision of Kitasato Shibasaburo .
In 1897, he discovered and described the causative agent of bacterial dysentery . Later, in honor of Kiyoshi Shigi, the genus of bacteria to which this rod belongs was named Shigella . In Russian-language literature, the Shigella dysenteriae coli is called the Grigoriev- Shigi bacterium, or the Grigoriev- Shigi bacterium ( Alexei Vasilievich Grigoriev as early as 1891 suggested the role of fixed intestinal rod-shaped bacteria in the development of dysentery).
In 1901-1905 he worked in Germany with Paul Erlich . The fruit of their collaboration was the fundamental work on the chemotherapy of infectious diseases that was published in 1904.
Returning to Japan , Shiga with Kitasato Shibasaburo resumed research on infectious diseases. In 1920, Shiga became a professor at Keio University .
Rewards
- Order of Culture (1944),
- (1951),
- Order of the Sacred Treasure (1957, posthumous)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 143619829 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.