Scheme information - cps cluster genes

This scheme assemble the wzi and wzc genes, two markers that tend to be associated with phenotypic capsular serotyping. Please see Brisse et al., J Clin Microbiol 2013 (PMID:24088853) and Pan et al., Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015 (PMID:25451047)

References

• Brisse S, Passet V, Haugaard AB, Babosan A, Kassis-Chikhani N, Struve C, Decré D (2013). wzi Gene sequencing, a rapid method for determination of capsular type for Klebsiella strains. J Clin Microbiol 51:4073-8

Curator

This scheme is curated by:

• Federica Palma, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Loci

This scheme consists of alleles from 2 loci.

• wzc
• wzi