Reclassification of Shigella species as later heterotypic synonyms of Escherichia coli in the Genome Taxonomy Database
D. H. Parks, M. Chuvochina, P. R. Reeves, S. A. Beatson, P. Hugenholtz
The paper reclassifies Shigella species as synonyms of Escherichia coli based on genomic data and resolves classification conflicts in the GTDB.
bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology