Name: Shigella boydii Ewing 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: boy’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. boydii, of Boyd, named after Sir John Boyd, a British bacteriologist

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 8700; CCUG 49022; CIP 82.50; DSM 7532; NCTC 12985; P288

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF558388 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ewing WH. SHIGELLA NOMENCLATURE. J Bacteriol 1949; 57:633-638.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 367 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 Conserved epithet (Judicial Opinion 11). Only conservation of epithets, and against each other. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 14. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1954; 4:156-158.

Parent taxon: Shigella Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ewing WH. SHIGELLA NOMENCLATURE. J Bacteriol 1949; 57:633-638.

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Record number: 780913