title: Draft Genome Sequence of 24570, the Type Strain of Shigella flexneri.
abstract: Shigella flexneri is a diarrheal pathogen that causes a large disease burden worldwide. We sequenced the genome of the publicly available type strain (S. flexneri 2a strain 24570) of this bacterial species to increase its utility as a reference. We present genome assembly results and comparisons with other reference strains.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kate S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-5958
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parkhill
authors.affiliation: nrt@sanger.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Nicholas R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Thomson