Full information on isolate NCTC3529 (id:26)

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/)
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
26
isolate
NCTC3529
aliases
ASM25788v1; NCTC 3539
species
C. diphtheriae
isolation year
1931
city
Glasgow
country
United Kingdom
travel history
Not documented
host
Human
source
Throat
comments
Strain isolated prior to mass vaccination in the United Kingdom
accession number
GCA_000257885.1
epidemic cluster
cryptic_8
sender
Melody Dazas, Institut Pasteur
curator
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update history
1316 updates show details
embargo history
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date entered
2017-02-07
datestamp
2025-07-18

Publications (2)

  • 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
  • Sangal V, Tucker NP, Burkovski A, Hoskisson PA (2012). The draft genome sequence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bv. mitis NCTC 3529 reveals significant diversity between the primary disease-causing biovars. J Bacteriol 194:3269

Sequence bin

method
Unknown
contigs
43
total length
2,483,675 bp
max length
326,532 bp
mean length
57,760 bp
N50
128,232
L50
6
N90
32,325
L90
20
N95
24,411
L95
24
%GC
53.57
Ns
0
gaps
0
loci tagged
1,384

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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_206_1_0_0_0_0_0_0
Species
C. diphtheriae
Lineage
0_0
Sublineage
SL452
Clonal group
ClG452
Genetic cluster
GC82

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PrefixThresholdMatching isolates
0_0_206_1_0_084
0_0_206_1_0_0_042
0_0_206_1_0_0_0_022
0_0_206_1_0_0_0_0_012
0_0_206_1_0_0_0_0_0_002
012202380
0_010352162
0_0_2065004
0_0_206_1554
0_0_206_1_0254
0_0_206_1_0_084
0_0_206_1_0_0_042
0_0_206_1_0_0_0_022
0_0_206_1_0_0_0_0_012
0_0_206_1_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-linkage500experimental22 (4 isolates)
SL: 452
Genomic_clustercgMLSTSingle-linkage25experimental22 (4 isolates)
SublineagecgMLSTSingle-linkage500experimental22 (4 isolates)
SL: 452
Genomic_clustercgMLSTSingle-linkage25experimental22 (4 isolates)

Schemes and loci

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