Shigella boydii 4279280 224439248 2008-07-08T21:08:48Z GregorB 179697 WL {{Orphan|date=May 2007}} {{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== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=genomeprj&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids=15638 ''Shigella boydii'' Genome Project Page] &mdash; by [[Entrez]] [[Category:Enterobacteria]] [[Category:Water-borne diseases]] [[Category:Microbiology]] {{Proteobacteria-stub}} [[ca:Shigel·la de Boyd]]