Shigella boydii
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 S. boydii on Hektoen enteric agar.
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| Shigella boydii Ewing 1949 |
Shigella boydii is a Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Shigella. Like other member of the genus, S. boydii is a non-motile, non-sporeforming, rod-shaped bacteria which can cause dysentery in humans through fecal-oral contamination.[1]
S. boydii is the most genetically-divergent of the Shigella genus.[2] There are 18 known serotypes of Shigella boydii.[3][4] Shigella boydii is restricted to the Indian subcontinent.[3]
[edit] Sequenced genomes
- Shigella boydii4 strain BS512 (serotype 18; group 1): 1 chromosome; 5 plasmids
[edit] References
- ^ Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., McGraw Hill. ISBN 0838585299.
- ^ 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". J Bacteriol 186 (2): 383–92. doi:. PMID 14702307.
- ^ a b Yang F et al. (2005). "Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery". Nucleic Acids Res 33 (19): 6445-58. PMID 16275786.
- ^ Pupo GM et al. (2000). "Multiple independent origins of Shigella clones of Escherichia coli and convergent evolution of many of their characteristics". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97 (19): 10567-72. PMID 10954745.
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