refMLST: reference-based multilocus sequence typing enables universal bacterial typing

Abstract Background Commonly used approaches for genomic investigation of bacterial outbreaks, including SNP and gene-by-gene approaches, are limited by the requirement for background genomes and curated allele schemes, respectively. As a result, they only work on a select subset of known organisms,...

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Main Authors: Mondher Khdhiri, Ella Thomas, Chanel de Smet, Priyanka Chandar, Induja Chandrakumar, Jean M. Davidson, Paul Anderson, Samuel D. Chorlton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-08-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-024-05913-4