Updates

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.

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.

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.

We are very sad to announce the death of Alison Cody, our long-standing colleague and curator of the Campylobacter jejuni/coli database, who passed away on 13 May, 2020 at Sobell House, Oxford. See more...