Draft Genome Sequence of a New Shigella flexneri Subserotype, 4S BJ10610

Peng Li; Chaojie Yang; Jian Wang; Shengjie Yi; Hao Li; Yong Wang; Shaofu Qiu; Hongbin Song

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00715-14

Draft Genome Sequence of a New Shigella flexneri Subserotype, 4S BJ10610

Genome Announc. 2014 Jul 17;2(4):e00715-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00715-14.

Authors

Peng Li¹, Chaojie Yang¹, Jian Wang¹, Shengjie Yi¹, Hao Li¹, Yong Wang¹, Shaofu Qiu², Hongbin Song²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
² Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China qiushf0613@hotmail.com hongbinsong@263.net.

Abstract

Shigella flexneri is of great concern in the prevalence of shigellosis and resistance to many antibiotics in developing countries. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of a new S. flexneri subserotype, 4S BJ10610, isolated from the stool specimens of a patient in Beijing, China.