COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced transmission of invasive bacterial diseases.
PubMLST infrastructure used for collating data for large study involving reference laboratories in 26 countries. See full press release and the published paper in Lancet Digital Health.
A MLST scheme for the pathogen Mammaliicoccus sciuri is now available. This has been developed by Igor Loncaric and Michael Szostak at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
A MLST scheme for the goose pathogen Mycoplasma anserisalpingitidis is now available. This has been developed by Áron Kovács and colleagues at the Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Hungary and is described in Grózner et al. 2020 Vet Microbiol, In press.
A preprint has been published describing the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance (IRIS) Initiative that reveals significant reductions in invasive bacterial infections during the COVID-19 pandemic. The IRIS project nicely demonstrates how the PubMLST database infrastructure can be used to facilitate both public and private data collection and organisation for a large international consortium.
Videos from the PubMLST showcase event on November 13 are now available online.
We have added an isolate database for Enterobacter cloacae. The typing database was set up in 2013 to support publication of the MLST scheme described in Miyoshi-Akiyama et al. 2013 PLoS One 8:e66358, but until now this had not been linked to isolate records.
We have added an isolate database for Mycobacteroides abscessus complex. The typing database was set up in 2012 to support publication of the MLST scheme described in Kim et al. 2013 Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 77:143-9, but until now this had not been linked to isolate records.
If you're a curator on PubMLST, you can now modify how you receive E-mail notification of submissions. Reduce the frequency to daily digests if you're getting too many. Options can be set in your PubMLST account settings (https://pubmlst.org/bigsdb).
We have updated the Haemophilus parasuis database to reflect the change in taxonomy to Glaesserella parasuis. Old links will continue to work.
An MLST scheme for Shewanella spp. is now available. This has been developed by Jonatan Martín-Rodríguez and colleagues at the Centre for Translational Microbiome Research, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. It is described in Martín-Rodríguez et al. 2019 FEMS Microbiol Ecol 95:fiy210.
We have unveiled a new look for the site today. Many thanks to the web development team at Manta Ray Media for all their efforts.
A MLST scheme for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, a causative agent of chronic periodontitis, is now available. This scheme has been developed by Niels Nørskov-Lauritsen and Signe Nedergaard, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
A MLST scheme for Staphylococcus chromogenes is now available. This has been developed by George Sensabaugh (University of California), John Barlow (University of Vermont), and colleagues.
A new database and two MLST schemes for Mycoplasma gallisepticum are now available. These schemes are described in Ghanem et al. (2019) Avian Dis 63:693-702 and Bekő et al. (2019) Vet Microbiol 231:191-196.
A new database and cgMLST scheme for Xanthomonas citri, the causative agent of citrus canker, is now available. The scheme has been developed by Mark Enright and colleagues at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
An expanded MLST scheme for Mycoplasma hominis is now available. This has been developed by Safa Boujemaa and colleagues at the Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia, and is described in Boujemaa et al. (2018) Sci Rep 8:14854.
A MLST scheme for Mycoplasma flocculare is now available. This scheme was developed by Corinne Marois and colleagues, ANSES, France.
A MLST scheme for Bartonella washoensis is now available. This was first described by Soichi Maruyama and colleagues in 2011, but is now available in a database thanks to Friederike von Loewenich.
A MLST scheme for "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" has been developed by Minna Haapalainen and colleagues at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and is now available.