Shigella boydii Ewing, 1949
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- genus
- Shigella
- species
- Shigella boydii
Abstract
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. Shigella boydii is the most genetically divergent species of the genus Shigella. There are 19 known serotypes of Shigella boydii.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 S. boydii is restricted to the Indian subcontinent. The species is named after the American bacteriologist Mark Frederick Boyd.
Sequenced genomes
Shigella boydii strain BS512 (serotype 18; group 1) has one chromosome and five plasmids.
Name
- Homonyms
- Shigella boydii Ewing, 1949