Shigella boydii explained

Shigella boydii is a Gram-negative bacterium 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]

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

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

External links

• Shigella boydii Genome Project Page - by Entrez
• Web site: Shigella boydii . NCBI Taxonomy Browser . 621.
• Type strain of Shigella boydii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Book: Sherris medical microbiology: an introduction to infectious diseases. 2004. McGraw-Hill Professional Med/Tech. 978-0-8385-8529-0. 4. Ryan, Kenneth James . Ray, C. George .
2. Feng L . Senchenkova SN . Yang J . Shashkov AS . Tao J . Guo H . Zhao G . Knirel YA . Reeves P . Wang L . Structural and Genetic Characterization of the Shigella boydii Type 13 O Antigen . Journal of Bacteriology. 2004 . 383–392 . 186 . 2 . 14702307 . 10.1128/JB.186.2.383-392.2004 . 305744 .
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
4. Yang F, Yang J, Zhang X, etal . Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery . Nucleic Acids Research . 33 . 19 . 6445–6458 . 2005 . 16275786 . 1278947 . 10.1093/nar/gki954 .
5. Pupo GM . Lan R . Reeves PR . 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 . September 2000 . 10954745 . 27065 . 10.1073/pnas.180094797 . 2000PNAS...9710567P . free .
6. Web site: Species: Shigella boydii . 2022-08-19 . lpsn.dsmz.de . en.