Shigella boydii

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.^{[1][page needed]}

Shigella boydii
Shigella boydii on Hektoen enteric agar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacterales
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:	Shigella
Species:	S. boydii
Binomial name
Shigella boydii Ewing 1949

Shigella boydii is the most genetically divergent species of the genus Shigella.^[2] There are 19 known serotypes of Shigella boydii.^[3][4][5] S. boydii is restricted to the Indian subcontinent.^[4]

The species is named after the British bacteriologist John Boyd.^[6]

Sequenced genomes

• Shigella boydii strain BS512 (serotype 18; group 1) has one chromosome and five plasmids.