Shigella boydii

Shigella boydii
	Shigella boydii on Hektoen enteric agar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacterales
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:	Shigella
Species:	S. boydii
Binomial name
	Shigella boydii ; Ewing 1949

Shigella boydii is a Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Shigella . Like other members of the genus, S. boydii is a non motile , nonsporeforming, rod-shaped bacterium which can cause dysentery in humans through fecal-oral contamination. ^[1]^{[
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Shigella boydii is the most genetically divergent species of the genus Shigella . ^[2] There are 19 known serotypes of Shigella boydii . ^[3]^[4]^[5] S. boydii is restricted to the Indian subcontinent . ^[4]

The species is named after the British bacteriologist John Boyd . ^[6]

Sequenced genomes [ edit ]

Shigella boydii strain BS512 (serotype 18; group 1) has one chromosome and five plasmids .

References [ edit ]

^ Ryan, Kenneth James; Ray, C. George, eds. (2004). Sherris medical microbiology: an introduction to infectious diseases (4 ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional Med/Tech. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0 .
^ Feng L; Senchenkova SN; Yang J; Shashkov AS; Tao J; Guo H; Zhao G; Knirel YA; Reeves P; Wang L (2004). "Structural and Genetic Characterization of the Shigella boydii Type 13 O Antigen" . Journal of Bacteriology . 186 (2): 383?392. doi : 10.1128/JB.186.2.383-392.2004 . PMC 305744 . PMID 14702307 .
^ 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
^ ^a ^b Yang F, Yang J, Zhang X, et al. (2005). "Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery" . Nucleic Acids Research . 33 (19): 6445?6458. doi : 10.1093/nar/gki954 . PMC 1278947 . PMID 16275786 .
^ Pupo GM; Lan R; Reeves PR (September 2000). "Multiple independent origins of Shigella clones of Escherichia coli and convergent evolution of many of their characteristics" . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A . 97 (19): 10567?72. Bibcode : 2000PNAS...9710567P . doi : 10.1073/pnas.180094797 . PMC 27065 . PMID 10954745 .
^ "Species: Shigella boydii" . lpsn.dsmz.de . Retrieved 2022-08-19 .

External links [ edit ]

Shigella boydii Genome Project Page — by Entrez
" Shigella boydii " . NCBI Taxonomy Browser . 621.
Type strain of Shigella boydii at Bac Dive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Ryan, Kenneth James; Ray, C. George, eds. (2004). Sherris medical microbiology: an introduction to infectious diseases (4 ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional Med/Tech. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0 .

[2] Feng L; Senchenkova SN; Yang J; Shashkov AS; Tao J; Guo H; Zhao G; Knirel YA; Reeves P; Wang L (2004). "Structural and Genetic Characterization of the Shigella boydii Type 13 O Antigen" . Journal of Bacteriology . 186 (2): 383?392. doi : 10.1128/JB.186.2.383-392.2004 . PMC 305744 . PMID 14702307 .

[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

[Yang2005-4] Yang F, Yang J, Zhang X, et al. (2005). "Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery" . Nucleic Acids Research . 33 (19): 6445?6458. doi : 10.1093/nar/gki954 . PMC 1278947 . PMID 16275786 .

[Pupo2000-5] Pupo GM; Lan R; Reeves PR (September 2000). "Multiple independent origins of Shigella clones of Escherichia coli and convergent evolution of many of their characteristics" . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A . 97 (19): 10567?72. Bibcode : 2000PNAS...9710567P . doi : 10.1073/pnas.180094797 . PMC 27065 . PMID 10954745 .

[6] "Species: Shigella boydii" . lpsn.dsmz.de . Retrieved 2022-08-19 .

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