Shigella draft genome sequences : resources for food safety and public health

<em>Shigella</em> is a major foodborne pathogen that infects humans and nonhuman primates and is the major cause of dysentery and reactive arthritis worldwide. This is the initial public release of 16 <em>Shigella</em> genome sequences from four species sequenced as part of the 100K Pathogen Genome Project.