All species MLST databases and published schemes
MLST databases are hosted at the University of Oxford, UK; Imperial College, London, UK; the Environmental Resarch Institute, Cork, Ireland, 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: 2010-07-28.
| Organism | Website and link to database | Sequence types | Isolates | Applications to date | Selected references |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neisseria spp. | http://pubmlst.org/neisseria/ | 8440 * | 17589 * | 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 | 5236 * | 10143 * | 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/ | 4583 * | 10305 * | 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/ | 1989 * | 1276 * | Tracking the patterns of human migration. | Wirth et al.
(2004)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:4746-51. |
| Escherichia coli#1 | http://mlst.ucc.ie/mlst/dbs/Ecoli | 1737 * | 3078 * | Examination of the evolution of virulence. | |
| Candida albicans | http://calbicans.mlst.net | 1683 * | 1966 * | Isolate characterisation and identification of nosocomial outbreaks. | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | http://saureus.mlst.net | 1681 * | 3434 * | Identification of predominant epidemic MRSA isolates, species evolution, population analyses. | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | http://pubmlst.org/paeruginosa/ | 973 * | 686 * | Population and evolutionary analyses. | Curran et al.
(2004)
J Clin Microbiol 42:5644-9. |
| Salmonella enterica | http://mlst.ucc.ie/mlst/dbs/Senterica | 812 * | 3345 * | - | |
| Haemophilus influenzae | http://haemophilus.mlst.net | 795 * | 1399 * | Epidemiological surveillance. | |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei | http://bpseudomallei.mlst.net | 698 * | 1907 * | Isolate characterisation and species identification. | |
| Burkholderia cepacia complex | http://pubmlst.org/bcc/ | 625 * | 988 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Baldwin et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:4665-73. |
| Enterococcus faecium | http://efaecium.mlst.net | 554 * | 1740 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses. | |
| Bacillus cereus | http://pubmlst.org/bcereus/ | 545 * | 978 * | Population and evolutionary analyses. | Priest et al.
(2004)
J Bacteriol 186:7959-70. |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | http://spyogenes.mlst.net | 526 * | 2033 * | Identification of relationships between emm-type and clonal complex. | |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | http://pubmlst.org/sagalactiae/ | 500 * | 161 * | Identification of clones associated with neonatal infections. | Jones et al.
(2003)
J Clin Microbiol 41:2530-6. |
| Streptococcus uberis | http://pubmlst.org/suberis/ | 475 * | 988 * | - | Coffey et al.
(2006)
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:1420-8. |
| Escherichia coli#2 | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/EColi.html | 469 * | 241 * | - | |
| Enterococcus faecalis | http://efaecalis.mlst.net | 358 * | 773 * | - | |
| Arcobacter spp. | http://pubmlst.org/arcobacter/ | 357 * | 593 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Kpneumoniae.html | 336 * | 416 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses | |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | http://pubmlst.org/vparahaemolyticus/ | 305 * | 507 * | - | |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | http://sepidermidis.mlst.net | 288 * | 81 * | - | |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | http://borrelia.mlst.net | 257 * | 849 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses | Margos et al.
(2008)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:8730-5. |
| Streptococcus zooepidemicus | http://pubmlst.org/szooepidemicus/ | 237 * | 1073 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | |
| Streptococcus suis | http://ssuis.mlst.net | 216 * | 661 * | - | |
| Listeria monocytogenes | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Lmono.html | 210 * | 364 * | - | |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | http://mlst.ucc.ie/mlst/dbs/Mcatarrhalis | 209 * | 319 * | - | |
| Candida tropicalis | http://pubmlst.org/ctropicalis/ | 205 * | 260 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses | |
| Wolbachia | http://pubmlst.org/wolbachia/ | 201 * | 296 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | |
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae | http://pubmlst.org/cdiphtheriae/ | 188 * | - | - | |
| Acinetobacter baumannii#1 | http://pubmlst.org/abaumannii/ | 186 * | 315 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Bartual et al.
(2005)
J Clin Microbiol 43:4382-90. |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | http://pubmlst.org/pgingivalis/ | 138 * | 144 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Enersen et al.
(2006)
J Clin Microbiol 44:35-41. |
| Pasteurella multocida#1 | http://pubmlst.org/pmultocida_rirdc/ | 137 * | 185 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Subaaharan et al.
(2010)
Vet Microbiol 141:354-61. |
| Sinorhizobium spp | http://pubmlst.org/sinorhizobium/ | 136 * | 550 * | - | |
| Streptomyces spp | http://pubmlst.org/streptomyces/ | 135 * | 150 * | Species identification | |
| Campylobacter upsaliensis | http://pubmlst.org/cupsaliensis/ | 134 * | 125 * | - | |
| Leptospira spp. | http://leptospira.mlst.net | 115 * | 269 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses | |
| 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 | - | |
| Clostridium difficile | http://pubmlst.org/cdifficile | 92 * | - | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Griffiths et al.
(2010)
J Clin Microbiol 48:770-8. |
| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | http://mlst.ucc.ie/mlst/dbs/Ypseudotuberculosis | 89 * | 413 * | Population and evolutionary analyses. | |
| Vibrio vulnificus | http://pubmlst.org/vvulnificus/ | 81 * | 171 * | Isolate characterisation and epidemiological analyses. | Bisharat et al.
(2005)
Emerg Infect Dis 11:30-5. |
| Streptococcus oralis | http://pubmlst.org/soralis/ | 77 * | 252 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | Do et al.
(2009)
Microbiology 155:2593-602. |
| Acinetobacter baumannii#2 | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Abaumannii.html | 77 * | - | - | |
| Brachyspira intermedia | http://pubmlst.org/bintermedia/ | 71 * | 77 * | Molecular epidemiology and population structure analyses. | Phillips et al.
(2010)
Vet Microbiol 143:246-54. |
| Candida glabrata | http://cglabrata.mlst.net | 68 * | 212 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | |
| Brachyspira hyodysenteriae | http://pubmlst.org/bhyodysenteriae/ | 66 * | 111 * | Molecular epidemiology and population structure analyses. | La et al.
(2009)
Vet Microbiol 138:330-8. |
| 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. |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | http://pubmlst.org/smaltophilia/ | 56 * | 72 * | - | |
| Cryptococcus neoformans | http://cneoformans.mlst.net | 53 * | 261 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | |
| Chlamydiales spp. | http://pubmlst.org/chlamydiales/ | 46 * | 133 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Pannekoek et al.
(2008)
BMC Microbiol 8:42. |
| Pasteurella multocida#2 | http://pubmlst.org/pmultocida_multihost/ | 46 * | 125 * | Evolutionary analyses between isolates from different host species | |
| Bordetella spp. | http://pubmlst.org/bordetella/ | 43 * | 43 * | - | |
| Campylobacter insulaenigrae | http://pubmlst.org/cinsulaenigrae | 43 * | 75 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | |
| Brachyspira spp. | http://pubmlst.org/brachyspira/ | 36 * | - | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | Rasback et al.
(2007)
Microbiology 153:4074-87. |
| Campylobacter fetus | http://pubmlst.org/cfetus/ | 35 * | - | Isolate characterisation and population structure analyses | |
| Pencillium marneffei | http://mlstdb.hku.hk:14206/MLST_index.html | 35 | 44 | - | |
| Mannheimia haemolytica | http://pubmlst.org/mhaemolytica/ | 34 * | 95 * | Isolate characterisation | |
| Lactobacillus casei | http://www.pasteur.fr/ mlst/Lcasei.html | 32 * | 53 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure analysis | |
| Cronobacter spp. | http://pubmlst.org/cronobacter/ | 31 * | 148 * | - | |
| Xylella fastidiosa | http://pubmlst.org/xfastidiosa/ | 27 * | 144 * | Isolate characterisation and population structure. | |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | http://pubmlst.org/afumigatus/ | 27 * | 22 * | Isolate characterisation | |
| Clostridium botulinum | http://pubmlst.org/cbotulinum/ | 24 * | 73 * | Isolate characterisation and evolutionary analyses | |
| Campylobacter lari | http://pubmlst.org/clari/ | 18 * | 19 * | - | |
| Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | n/a | 10 | 35 | Population and evolutionary analyses. | |
| Campylobacter helveticus | http://pubmlst.org/chelveticus/ | 8 * | 8 * | - | |
| Clostridium septicum | http://pubmlst.org/csepticum/ | 8 * | - | Isolate characterisation and evolutionary analyses | Neumann et al.
(2009)
Anaerobe [Epub ahead of print]: . |
| Salmonella typhi | n/a | 4 | 26 | Estimation of age and time of emergence of S. typhi. |