Bacterium
shigella boydii
Subclass of:
Shigella
Definitions related to shigella boydii:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is nonmotile, non spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative and has mixed indole reactivity. S. boydii is found only on the Indian subcontinent and is pathogenic, being a causative agent of shigellosis in primates.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Shigella boydii.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • One of the SHIGELLA species that produces bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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