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.