Shigella boydii
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgrey
| name = ''Shigella boydii''
| image = Shigella_boydii_01.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''S. boydii'' on [[Agar plate|Hektoen enteric agar]].
| regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]]
| phylum = [[Proteobacteria]]
| classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
| ordo = [[Enterobacteriaceae|Enterobacteriales]]
| familia = [[Enterobacteriaceae]]
| genus = [[Shigella]]
| species = '''''S. boydii'''''
| binomial = ''Shigella boydii''
| binomial_authority = Ewing 1949
}}
'''''Shigella boydii''''' is a [[Gram-negative]] [[bacteria]] of the genus ''[[Shigella]]''. Like other member of the [[genus]], ''S. boydii'' is a non-[[Motility|motile]], non-sporeforming, rod-shaped bacteria which can cause [[dysentery]] in humans through [[Fecal-oral route|fecal-oral]] contamination.<ref>{{cite book | author = Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | isbn = 0838585299 }}</ref>
''S. boydii'' is the most genetically-divergent of the ''Shigella'' genus.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Feng L, Senchenkova SN, Yang J, Shashkov AS, Tao J, Guo H, Zhao G, Knirel YA, Reeves P, Wang L | title=Structural and genetic characterization of the ''Shigella boydii'' type 13 O antigen | journal=J Bacteriol | year=2004 | pages=383–92 | volume=186 | issue=2 | pmid = 14702307 | doi=10.1128/JB.186.2.383-392.2004}}</ref> There are 18 known [[serotype]]s of ''Shigella boydii''.<ref name="Yang2005">{{cite journal |author=Yang F ''et al.'' |title=Genome dynamics and diversity of ''Shigella'' species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery |journal=Nucleic Acids Res |volume=33 |issue=19 |pages=6445-58 |year=2005 |id=PMID 16275786}}</ref><ref name="Pupo2000">{{cite journal |author=Pupo GM ''et al.'' |title=Multiple independent origins of ''Shigella'' clones of ''Escherichia coli'' and convergent evolution of many of their characteristics |journal=Proc Natl Acad Sci USA |volume=97 |issue=19 |pages=10567-72 |year=2000 |id=PMID 10954745}}</ref> ''Shigella boydii'' is restricted to the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name="Yang2005"/>
==Sequenced genomes==
*''Shigella boydii4'' strain BS512 (serotype 18; group 1): 1 chromosome; 5 [[plasmid]]s
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=genomeprj&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids=15638 ''Shigella boydii'' Genome Project Page] — by [[Entrez]]
[[Category:Enterobacteria]]
[[Category:Water-borne diseases]]
[[Category:Microbiology]]
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