Name: "Escherichia coli subsp. shigellae" Dif et al. 2025

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: nom. nov.

Etymology: L. gen. fem. n. dysenteriae, of dysentery; N.L. shigellae

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13313; CIP 57.28; DSM 4781; NCTC 4837

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X96966 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dif G, Djemouai N, Bouras N, Zitouni A. In-Depth Genome-Based Analysis of Shigella spp. and Escherichia spp.: Resolving Ambiguities and Unveiling Phylogenetic Relationships. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:170. 🇩🇿

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1897) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus dysentericus" Shiga 1897	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
    Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1897) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Parent taxon: Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dif G, Djemouai N, Bouras N, Zitouni A. In-Depth Genome-Based Analysis of Shigella spp. and Escherichia spp.: Resolving Ambiguities and Unveiling Phylogenetic Relationships. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:170. 🇩🇿

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