Name: Shigella flexneri Z Withington
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 137306

Type strain:

Species: Shigella flexneri

Strain Designation: Z Withington

Culture col. no.: CIP 54.40, NCTC 7

Strain history: CIP <- 1954, Lister Inst., UK: strain Z Withington

NCBI tax ID(s): 623 (species)

SI-ID 70168

NCTC 7, CIP 54.40, KCTC 2999

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Section

Shigella flexneri Z Withington is a bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Gammaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Enterobacterales*
	Family	*Enterobacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Shigella*
	Species	**Shigella flexneri**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Shigella flexneri Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 3

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #37225]			growth	30 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

	Pathway	Enzyme coverage	Annotated reactions
	Pathway annotation	Computationally determined by
[Ref.: #66794]	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	aerobactin biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	100	10 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	100	14 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	ubiquinone biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfoquinovose degradation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	NAD metabolism	94.44	17 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	heme metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	glutathione metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	photosynthesis	92.86	13 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B6 metabolism	90.91	10 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar alcohols	87.5	14 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	purine metabolism	82.98	78 of 94
[Ref.: #66794]	gallate degradation	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	pyrimidine metabolism	80	36 of 45
[Ref.: #66794]	alanine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	urea cycle	76.92	10 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lactate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	oxidative phosphorylation	72.53	66 of 91
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar acids	72	18 of 25
[Ref.: #66794]	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid metabolism	70.97	22 of 31
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	leucine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	non-pathway related	68.42	26 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of pentoses	67.86	19 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	allantoin degradation	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	tryptophan metabolism	65.79	25 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	hydrogen production	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	phenol degradation	55	11 of 20
[Ref.: #66794]	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	3-phenylpropionate degradation	53.33	8 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	lysine metabolism	52.38	22 of 42
[Ref.: #66794]	histidine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	carnitine metabolism	50	4 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	myo-inositol biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	propionate fermentation	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	polyamine pathway	47.83	11 of 23
[Ref.: #66794]	ascorbate metabolism	45.45	10 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	d-xylose degradation	45.45	5 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	methanogenesis from CO2	33.33	4 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B12 metabolism	32.35	11 of 34
[Ref.: #66794]	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #37225]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	London
[Ref.: #37225]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #37225]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #37225]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #37225]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	London
[Ref.: #37225]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #37225]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #37225]	Continent	Europe
[Ref.: #37225]	Isolation date	1919
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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 54.40, NCTC 7

[Ref.: #94241]

SI-ID 70168

References

#20215

Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )

#37225 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 54.40

#66794

Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )

#94241

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID70168.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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