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Full information on isolate NCTC13129 (id:1)

Projects

This isolate is a member of the following projects:

cgMLST set-up study
Isolates included in the cgMLST study (Guglielmini et al. J CLin Microbiol 2021 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34524891/)
ResistanceGenomics
Hennart et al. 247 isolates dataset
Hennart_diphtOscan_2023_OtherIsolates
Publicly-available genomes and isolates from the French NRC (2018-2021)
DelgadoBlas_LINcodes_2025
Dataset of 1,665 isolates of C. diphtheriae, C. belfantii and C. rouxii used for the population structure analysis of C. diphtheriae sensu lato.

Provenance/primary metadata

id
1
isolate
NCTC13129
alias
ATCC700971
species
C. diphtheriae
biovar
Gravis
tox gene PCR
Positive
tox production Elek
Positive
isolation year
1997
country
UK [England]
continent
Europe
travel history
Baltic sea
host
Human
source
Pharyngeal membrane
infection or disease
pharyngeal diphtheria
accession number
NC_002935.2
epidemic cluster
cryptic_1
sender
Melody Dazas, Institut Pasteur
curator
Auto Tagger
update history
2653 updates show details
date entered
2017-01-27
datestamp
2022-08-02

Publications (3)

  • Cerdeño-Tárraga AM, Efstratiou A, Dover LG, Holden MT, Pallen M, Bentley SD, Besra GS, Churcher C, James KD, De Zoysa A, Chillingworth T, Cronin A, Dowd L, Feltwell T, Hamlin N, Holroyd S, Jagels K, Moule S, Quail MA, Rabbinowitsch E, Rutherford KM, Thomson NR, Unwin L, Whitehead S, Barrell BG, Parkhill J (2003). The complete genome sequence and analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC13129. Nucleic Acids Res 31:6516-23
  • Guglielmini J, Hennart M, Badell E, Toubiana J, Criscuolo A, Brisse S (2021). Genomic Epidemiology and Strain Taxonomy of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. J Clin Microbiol 59:e0158121
  • Hennart M, Panunzi LG, Rodrigues C, Gaday Q, Baines SL, Barros-Pinkelnig M, Carmi-Leroy A, Dazas M, Wehenkel AM, Didelot X, Toubiana J, Badell E, Brisse S (2020). Population genomics and antimicrobial resistance in Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Genome Med 12:107

Sequence bin

method
Sanger
contigs
1
length
2,488,635 bp
%GC
53.48
Ns
0
gaps
0
loci tagged
1,422

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Assembly checks

CheckStatusWarn/fail reason
Number of contigs
Assembly size
Minimum N50
%GC

Analysis

rMLST species identification

RankTaxonTaxonomySupportMatches
SPECIES Corynebacterium diphtheriae Actinomycetota > Actinomycetes > Mycobacteriales > Corynebacteriaceae > Corynebacterium > Corynebacterium diphtheriae 100%

Analysis performed: 2025-06-05

Similar isolates (determined by LIN codes)

Scheme
cgMLST
LIN code
0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0
Species
C. diphtheriae
Lineage
0_0
Sublineage
SL8
Clonal group
ClG8
Genetic cluster
GC29

Show all thresholds

PrefixThresholdMatching isolates
0_0_0_0_0_085
0_0_0_0_0_0_042
0_0_0_0_0_0_0_022
0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_012
0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_002
012202380
0_010352162
0_0_050088
0_0_0_05588
0_0_0_0_02513
0_0_0_0_0_085
0_0_0_0_0_0_042
0_0_0_0_0_0_0_022
0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_012
0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_002

Similar isolates (determined by classification schemes)

Experimental schemes are subject to change and are not a stable part of the nomenclature.

Classification schemeUnderlying schemeClustering methodMismatch thresholdStatusGroupFields
SublineagecgMLSTSingle-linkage500experimental1 (88 isolates)
SL: 8
Genomic_clustercgMLSTSingle-linkage25experimental1 (13 isolates)
SublineagecgMLSTSingle-linkage500experimental1 (88 isolates)
SL: 8
Genomic_clustercgMLSTSingle-linkage25experimental1 (13 isolates)

Schemes and loci

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