Shigella boydii
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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 nonmotile, non-sporeforming, rod-shaped bacteria which can cause dysentery in humans through fecal-oral contamination.
S. boydii is the most genetically-divergent of the Shigella genus.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ 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. PMID 14702307.
- Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0.
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