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.
Full article >>>in the decade from 1985-1995, resistance of
Shigella (which causes gastrointestinal illness) to ampicillin grew from 32% to 67%.
Full article >>>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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