We are pleased to announce six new wgMLST schemas on top of the already existing ones for Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes, which was also updated to contain the recently published core genome as a separate typing scheme.
These schemas will make whole genome sequence typing even easier for BioNumerics users, cementing its reputation as the ultimate microbial data analysis software.
The Salmonella enterica wgMLST schema
The Escherichia coli / Shigella wgMLST schema
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis wgMLST schema
The Campylobacter coli - C. jejuni wgMLST schema
The Legionella pneumophila wgMLST schema
The Klebsiella pneumoniae wgMLST schema
The results
All whole-genome multi-locus sequence typing schemas have been evaluated and tested by our biologists and collaborators and some are already being used in routine outbreak surveillance. Great care has been taken to create an analysis procedure that minimizes sample artifacts, while maintaining an enormous discriminatory power that supersedes the core genome schema or other current typing standards.
Try it on your own data now!
To start using the wgMLST approach for typing of your own isolates, request your Calculation Engine project. For an easy introduction, we have a wgMLST tutorial available online. We look forward to your discoveries!
Acknowledgements
Part of this work has been done in the framework of the Patho-NGen-Trace project. Patho-NGen-Trace is funded by the EC under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union.