General Information of MIC (ID: MIC01180) |
MIC Name |
Shigella boydii (enterobacteria)
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Body Site |
Gut
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Lineage |
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Shigella
Species: Shigella boydii
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Oxygen Sensitivity |
Facultative anaerobe
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Microbial Metabolism |
Fermentative; Catalytic
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Gram |
Negative
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Host Relationship |
Pathogen
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Genome Size (bp) |
4574246
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No. of Coding Genes |
4485
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No. of Non-Coding Genes |
122
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No. of Small Non-Coding Genes |
122
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No. of Gene Transcripts |
4607
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No. of Base Pairs |
4574246
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Description |
Shigella boydii is a facultative anaerobic, 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.
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Disease Relevance |
Irritable bowel syndrome [ICD-11: DD91] |
Description |
Infectious diarrhoea was caused by Shigella in humans. |
[1] |
Shigella intestinal infection [ICD-11: 1A02] |
Description |
Shigella boydii can cause bacillary dysentery. |
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