Updates

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 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.

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.