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Shigella infection is typically via ingestion (fecal-oral contamination); depending on age and condition of the host, as few as 10 bacterial cells can be enough to cause an infection.
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in the decade from 1985-1995, resistance of Shigella (which causes gastrointestinal illness) to ampicillin grew from 32% to 67%.
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The first pathogens to be sequenced under this program at JGI's Production Genomics Facility (PGF) are members of the Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Francisella, Shigella, and Yersinia groups.
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