Streptococcus pneumoniae

Source of isolates submitted to the Streptococcus pneumoniae database
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The MLST scheme hosted in this database was originally developed by Mark Enright in the laboratory of Brian Spratt. It is described in Enright & Spratt 1998 Microbiology 144:3049-60.

Database jointly curated by angela.brueggemannatndph.ox.ac.uk (Angela Brueggemann) (University of Oxford) and mlindenatukaachen.de (Mark van der Linden) (RWTH Aachen University).

The preferred citation for this website is:

Jolley et al. Wellcome Open Res 2018, 3:124 [version 1; referees: 2 approved].

Typing

The typing database contains nomenclature - allele definitions that provide an identifier for every unique allele sequence, and MLST profiles that index each unique combination of alleles with a sequence type (ST).

Allele sequences:
1,146,851
Last updated:
2024-12-03

Isolate collection

The isolate database consists of isolate records containing provenance and phenotype information linked to molecular typing information. These records may also include genome assemblies.

Isolates:
80,135
Last updated:
2024-12-03

Genome collection

In addition to the library, the PubMLST database contains many genomes submitted by its users. These can be accessed from the isolate database by filtering on sequence bin size in a query.

Genomes:
42,836
Last updated:
2024-11-12