Shigella boydii

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Shigella boydii
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S. boydii on Hektoen enteric agar
Scientific classification
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Gammaproteobacteria
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Enterobacteriales
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Species:
S. boydii
Binomial name
Shigella boydii
Ewing 1949

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Shigella boydii is a Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Shigella. Like other members of the genus, S. boydii is a nonmotile, nonsporeforming, rod-shaped bacterium which can cause dysentery in humans through fecal-oral contamination.[1][page needed]

S. boydii is the most genetically divergent species of the Shigella genus.[2] There are 19 known serotypes of Shigella boydii.[3][4][5] Shigella boydii is restricted to the Indian subcontinent.[4]

The species is named after the American bacteriologist Mark Frederick Boyd.[6][7]

Sequenced genomes

  • Shigella boydii strain BS512 (serotype 18; group 1): one chromosome; five plasmids

References

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  3. Yang Z., Hu C., Chen J., Chen G., Liu Z. (1990). A new serotype of Shigella boydii. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao.; 30(4): 284-95
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  6. Shigella boydii at Who Named It?
  7. Mark Frederick Boyd at Who Named It?

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