Scheme information - MLST
please cite
The standard 7-gene MLST scheme, initially defined by Diancourt et al. in 2005.
References
- Diancourt L, Passet V, Verhoef J, Grimont PA, Brisse S (2005). Multilocus sequence typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae nosocomial isolates. J Clin Microbiol 43:4178-82
Curators
This scheme is curated by:
- Margaret Lam, Monash University, Australia
- Chiara Crestani, Pasteur Institute, France
- Kat Holt, Melbourne U
- Virginie Passet, Institut Pasteur, France
- Carla Rodrigues, Institut Pasteur, France
- Federica Palma, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Marit Andrea Klokkhammer Hetland, Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Medical Microbiology, Norway
Fields
The primary key field indexes unique combinations of alleles at the member loci.
- ST Primary key
Loci
This scheme consists of alleles from 7 loci.
Profiles
This scheme has 9,618 profiles defined.