Serotype 18 Group 1 strain. Shigella boydii CDC 3083-94 strain:BS512

Shigella boydii4 strain BS512. This strain (strain BS512; serotype 18) was originally isolated from a 12-year-old boy in Arizona by Dr. Nancy Stockbine. It is a member of Group 1 as determined by limited sequence analysis and can invade HeLa cells. Pathogenicity and virulence have been verified during in vitro experimentation, and multiple plasmids are present in this strain. gDNA for sequencing was isolated from a stock culture provided by Dr. Anthony Maurelli from Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Two libraries were constructed - a small insert library (4-5 kb) and a large insert library (10-12 kb) from which 20,656 and 47,348 reads were sequenced, respectively.