All species MLST databases and published schemes
MLST databases are hosted at the University of Oxford, UK; Imperial College, London, UK; the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany, the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France and The University of Hong Kong.
Order by: Organism | Profiles | Isolates
Chart shows databases with at least 500 profiles or isolates.
* Data updated automatically: 2009-01-07.
| Organism | Website and link to database | Sequence types | Isolates | Applications to date | Selected references |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neisseria spp. | http://pubmlst.org/neisseria/ | 7163 * | 12162 * | Epidemiological surveillance, post-vaccine studies, population and evolutionary analyses. | Maiden et al.
(1998)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:3140-5. |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | http://spneumoniae.mlst.net | 3928 * | 7259 * | Identification of antibiotic resistant clones, epidemiological surveillance, population analyses. | Enright et al.
(1998)
Microbiology 144 ( Pt 11):3049-60. |
| Campylobacter jejuni | http://pubmlst.org/campylobacter/ | 3853 * | 5799 * | Epidemiological surveillance of food-borne infections, population structure analyses. | Dingle et al.
(2001)
J Clin Microbiol 39:14-23. |
| Helicobacter pylori | http://pubmlst.org/helicobacter/ | 1931 * | 1241 * | Tracking the patterns of human migration. | Wirth et al.
(2004)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:4746-51. |
| Staphylococcus aureus | http://saureus.mlst.net | 1230 * | 2320 * | Identification of predominant epidemic MRSA isolates, species evolution, population analyses. | Enright et al.
(2000)
J Clin Microbiol 38:1008-15. |
| Escherichia coli#1 | http://web.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/ mlst/dbs/Ecoli | 980 * | 2126 * | Examination of the evolution of virulence. | Wirth et al.
(2006)
Mol Microbiol 60:1136-51. |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | http://pubmlst.org/paeruginosa/ | 712 * | 477 * | Population and evolutionary analyses. | Curran et al.
(2004)
J Clin Microbiol 42:5644-9. |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei | http://bpseudomallei.mlst.net | 675 * | 1882 * | Isolate characterisation and species identification. | Godoy et al.
(2003)
J Clin Microbiol 41:2068-79. |
| Salmonella enterica | http://web.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/ mlst/dbs/Senterica | 599 * | 2473 * | - | |
| Haemophilus influenzae | http://haemophilus.mlst.net | 575 * | 866 * | Epidemiological surveillance. | Meats et al.
(2003)
J Clin Microbiol 41:1623-36. |
| Bacillus cereus | http://pubmlst.org/bcereus/ | 477 * | 862 * | Population and evolutionary analyses. | Priest et al.
(2004)
J Bacteriol 186:7959-70. |
| Burkholderia cepacia complex | http://pubmlst.org/bcc/ | 470 * | 426 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Baldwin et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:4665-73. |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | http://spyogenes.mlst.net | 466 * | 1900 * | Identification of relationships between emm-type and clonal complex. | Enright et al.
(2001)
Infect Immun 69:2416-27. |
| Enterococcus faecium | http://efaecium.mlst.net | 452 * | 1357 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses. | Homan et al.
(2002)
J Clin Microbiol 40:1963-71. |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | http://pubmlst.org/sagalactiae/ | 449 * | 39 * | Identification of clones associated with neonatal infections. | Jones et al.
(2003)
J Clin Microbiol 41:2530-6. |
| Escherichia coli#2 | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/EColi.html | 419 * | 240 * | - | |
| Streptococcus uberis | http://pubmlst.org/suberis/ | 392 * | 857 * | - | Coffey et al.
(2006)
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:1420-8. |
| Candida albicans | http://calbicans.mlst.net | 373 * | 556 * | Isolate characterisation and identification of nosocomial outbreaks. | Bougnoux et al.
(2002)
J Clin Microbiol 40:1290-7. |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Kpneumoniae.html | 299 * | 214 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses | Diancourt et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:4178-82. |
| Arcobacter spp. | http://pubmlst.org/arcobacter/ | 290 * | - | Isolate characterisation and population structure | |
| Enterococcus faecalis | http://efaecalis.mlst.net | 244 * | 350 * | - | |
| Listeria monocytogenes#2 | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Lmono.html | 210 * | 364 * | - | |
| Candida tropicalis | http://pubmlst.org/ctropicalis/ | 202 * | 260 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses | Tavanti et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:5593-600. |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | http://sepidermidis.mlst.net | 198 * | 81 * | - | Wisplinghoff et al.
(2003)
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:3574-9. |
| Streptococcus zooepidemicus | http://pubmlst.org/szooepidemicus/ | 192 * | 759 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | http://web.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/ mlst/dbs/Mcatarrhalis | 175 * | 277 * | - | |
| Wolbachia | http://pubmlst.org/wolbachia/ | 160 * | 243 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Baldo et al.
(2006)
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:7098-110. |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | http://pubmlst.org/pgingivalis/ | 138 * | 144 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Enersen et al.
(2006)
J Clin Microbiol 44:35-41. |
| Streptomyces spp | http://pubmlst.org/streptomyces/ | 135 * | 150 * | Species identification | |
| Streptococcus suis | http://ssuis.mlst.net | 127 * | 409 * | - | |
| Candida krusei | http://pubmlst.org/ckrusei/ | 99 * | 134 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Jacobsen et al.
(2007)
J Clin Microbiol 45:317-23. |
| Laribacter hongkongensis | http://mlstdb.hku.hk:14206/MLST_index.html | 97 | 146 | - | |
| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | http://web.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/ mlst/dbs/Ypseudotuberculosis | 89 * | 377 * | Population and evolutionary analyses. | |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | http://pubmlst.org/vparahaemolyticus/ | 81 * | 192 * | - | |
| Vibrio vulnificus | http://pubmlst.org/vvulnificus/ | 81 * | 171 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses. | Bisharat et al.
(2005)
Emerg Infect Dis 11:30-5. |
| Acinetobacter baumannii#2 | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Abaumannii.html | 76 * | - | - | |
| Candida glabrata | http://cglabrata.mlst.net | 68 * | 212 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Dodgson et al.
(2003)
J Clin Microbiol 41:5709-17. |
| Campylobacter upsaliensis | http://pubmlst.org/cupsaliensis/ | 66 * | 76 * | - | Miller et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:2315-29. |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Pshigelloides.html | 64 * | 77 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Salerno et al.
(2007)
J Bacteriol 189:7808-18. |
| Cryptococcus neoformans | http://cneoformans.mlst.net | 55 * | 102 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Litvintseva et al.
(2006)
Genetics 172:2223-38. |
| Bordetella spp. | http://pubmlst.org/bordetella/ | 43 * | - | - | Diavatopoulos et al.
(2005)
PLoS Pathog 1:e45. |
| Campylobacter insulaenigrae | http://pubmlst.org/cinsulaenigrae | 43 * | 75 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Stoddard et al.
(2007)
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:1729-35. |
| Brachyspira spp. | http://pubmlst.org/brachyspira/ | 36 * | - | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Rasback et al.
(2007)
Microbiology 153:4074-87. |
| Pencillium marneffei | http://mlstdb.hku.hk:14206/MLST_index.html | 35 | 44 | - | |
| Listeria monocytogenes#1 | http://pubmlst.org/listeria/ | 34 * | 84 * | Preliminary development of MLST system for epidemiological surveillance. | Salcedo et al.
(2003)
J Clin Microbiol 41:757-62. |
| Lactobacillus casei | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Lcasei.html | 32 * | 53 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Diancourt et al.
(2007)
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:6601-11. |
| Acinetobacter baumannii#1 | http://pubmlst.org/abaumannii/ | 32 * | 93 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Bartual et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:4382-90. |
| Campylobacter fetus | http://pubmlst.org/cfetus/ | 32 * | - | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | van Bergen et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:5888-98. |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | http://pubmlst.org/afumigatus/ | 27 * | 22 * | Isolate characterisation | |
| Chlamydiales spp. | http://pubmlst.org/chlamydiales/ | 24 * | 47 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Pannekoek et al.
(2008)
BMC Microbiol 8:42. |
| Campylobacter lari | http://pubmlst.org/clari/ | 18 * | 19 * | - | Miller et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:2315-29. |
| Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | n/a | 10 | 35 | Population and evolutionary analyses. | |
| Campylobacter helveticus | http://pubmlst.org/chelveticus/ | 8 * | 8 * | - | Miller et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:2315-29. |
| Salmonella typhi | n/a | 4 | 26 | Estimation of age and time of emergence of S. typhi. |