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References:
MLST
- Bolt F, Cassiday P, Tondella ML, Dezoysa A, Efstratiou A, Sing A, Zasada A, Bernard K, Guiso N, Badell E, Rosso M-L, Baldwin A, Dowson C. Multilocus sequence typing identifies evidence for recombination and two distinct lineages of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48(11):4177-85. PMID 20844217
Core genome MLST
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Guglielmini J, Hennart M, Badell E, Toubiana J , Criscuolo A, Brisse S. Genomic Epidemiology and Strain Taxonomy of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. J Clin 2021, 8;59(12):e0158121. PMID 34524891
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Crestani C, Passet V, Rethoret-Pasty M, Zidane N, Brémont S, Badell E, Criscuolo A, Brisse S. Microevolution and genomic epidemiology of the diphtheria-causing zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans. Nat Commun. 2025 May 24;16(1):4843. PMID 40413184
LIN codes
- Delgado-Blas JF, Rethoret-Pasty M, Brisse S. Life Identification Number (LIN) codes for the genomic taxonomy of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains. Genome Med. 2025 Dec 6;18(1):5. PMID 41353550