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Update information 03.01.2013: The primers that we currently use for medium throughput sequencing are now on this page. This procedure was described in O'Farrell et al. (2012) PLoS One 7, e48022. Transforming microbial genotyping: A robotic pipeline for genotyping bacterial strains.
Update information 26.07.2012: A description of the MLST scheme and an overview of strains of S. enterica subsp. enterica has now been published and can be downloaded as shown below. This includes an overview of 500 serovars and 138 eBGs. Achtman,M., Wain,J., Weill,F.-X., Nair,S., Zhou,Z., Sangal,V., Krauland,M.G., Hale,J.L., Harbottle,H., Uebeck,A., Dougan,J., Harrison,L.H., Brisse,S., S. enterica MLST Study Group (2012) PLoS Pathogens. 8, e1002776. Multilocus sequence typing as a replacement for serotyping in Salmonella enterica
Update information 01.02.2012: There has been a major change in the information content of the S. enterica database. Two fields are now included, eBG and Lineage, which were previously absent. eBG is an acronym for eBurstGroup, and is equivalent to ST Complex or Clonal Complex in other bacterial MLST schemes. STs were assigned to a common eBG if an ST contained 10 or more isolates or there were at least 2 STs linked by identity at 6/7 alleles (so-called Single Locus Variants). Some double locus variants STs were affiliated with an existing eBG if they contained the same serovar. The field "Lineage" indicates which isolates are in Lineage 3, which was defined by Didelot et al. (2011), in PLoS Pathogens 7: e1002191. Lineage 3 is equivalent to Clade B in prior publications by Didelot and Gordon. An assignment to Lineage 3 was performed on the basis of a BAPS analysis.
Update information 27.05.2008: The database has >2,300 entries currently and some mistaken information has been corrected in the last few weeks. New primers are being listed today for strains for which it is difficult to obtain PCR products or clean sequences. These can be combined in various combinations with the pre-existing primers. The database home is in the process of being moved to UCC, Cork and we hope to finally begin soon on a long needed update of the interface and functionality.
Update information 24.08.2005: Sylvain Brisse has developed new variants of the primers for amplification which consist of the same primers listed below except that the 5' end contains an added universal primer that is also used for sequencing. Amplification is at the same temperature of 55°. These added universal primers consist of Forwards: GTTTTCCCAGTCACGACGTTGTA and Reverse: TTGTGAGCGGATAACAATTTC. These primers have the advantage that it is possible to sequence more reactions with a common primer. Our experience has been generally positive except that it is now easier to cross contaminate across wells.
Update information: Major changes were made related to strains within the SARB collection as documented below: 18 January, 2005 Reexamination of the Selander SARB and SARA collections have required a number of changes. These changes are based on MLST of strains in the SARB collections maintained by Ken Sanderson (Univ. of Calgary) after transmission to the Danish Royal Veterinary Laboratory, Copenhagen, Howard Ochman (Univ. of Arizona) and Fidelma Boyd (Cork Univ.). They also include the results from reserotyping of several of the strains by Wolfgang Rabsch, RKI, Wernigerode. The changes reflect several sequencing mistakes in the original analysis of the Sanderson collection as well as strain mixups and contamination. The following table lists changes made on the MLST WEB site. A separate table lists all contradictions between current assignments and the supposed serotypes published in Boyd et al (1993) J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 1125-1132.
Strain | Former Name | Former Number | Current Name | Current Number |
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SARB1 | Agona | 9 | Agona | 13 |
SARB19 | Enteritidis | 76 | Enteritidis | 77 |
SARB20 | Emek | 77 | Emek | 76 |
SARB35 | Manhattan | 18 | Muenchen | 18 |
SARA72 | Manhattan | 113 | Muenchen | 113 |
SARB44 | Paratyphi B | 87 | Paratyphi B | 110 |
SARB47 | Paratyphi B | 89 | Limete | 89 |
SARB49 | Limete | 89 | Paratyphi C | 114 |
SARB50 | Paratyphi C | 91 | Unknown | 91 |
SARB69 | Typhisuis | 100 | 6,7:c:- | 100 |
SARB70 | Typhisuis | 70 | Decatur | 70 |
The following alleles have been deleted from the database: hemD5, hisD45 The following STs have been deleted from the database: ST9, 87
Protocols used for MLST of Salmonella enterica
Genes
The S. enterica MLST scheme uses internal fragments of the following seven house-keeping genes:
PCR Amplification
The primer pairs we use for the PCR amplification of internal fragments of these genes are:
Gene | Primer pair sequences | Product length |
thrA thrA thrA |
F 5'-GTCACGGTGATCGATCCGGT-3' recommended R 5'-CACGATATTGATATTAGCCCG-3' recommended R1 5'-GTGCGCATACCGTCGCCGAC-3' (also Seq) |
852 bp |
purE purE purE purE purE |
F 5'-ATGTCTTCCCGCAATAATCC-3' F1 5'-GACACCTCAAAAGCAGCGT'-3' recommended R 5'-TCATAGCGTCCCCCGCGGATC-3' R1 5'-CGAGAACGCAAACTTGCTTC-3' R2 5'-AGACGGCGATACCCAGCGG-3' recommended |
510 bp |
sucA sucA sucA sucA |
F 5'-AGCACCGAAGAGAAACGCTG-3' F1 5'-CGCGCTCAAACAGACCTAC-3' recommended R 5'-GGTTGTTGATAACGATACGTAC-3' R1 5'-GACGTGGAAAATCGGCGCC-3' recommended |
643 bp |
hisD hisD hisD hisD |
F 5'-GAAACGTTCCATTCCGCGCAGAC-3' F1 5'-GAAACGTTCCATTCCGCGC-3' recommended R 5'-CTGAACGGTCATCCGTTTCTG-3' R1 5-GCGGATTCCGGCGACCAG-3' recommended |
894 bp |
aroC aroC |
F 5'-CCTGGCACCTCGCGCTATAC-3' recommended R 5'-CCACACACGGATCGTGGCG-3' recommended |
826 bp |
hemD hemD hemD |
F 5'-ATGAGTATTCTGATCACCCG-3' F1 5'-GAAGCGTTAGTGAGCCGTCTGCG-3' recommended R 5'-ATCAGCGACCTTAATATCTTGCCA-3' recommended |
666 bp |
dnaN dnaN dnaN |
F 5'-ATGAAATTTACCGTTGAACGTGA-3' R 5'-AATTTCTCATTCGAGAGGATTGC-3' recommended R1 5'-CCGCGGAATTTCTCATTCGAG-3' recommended (also Seq) |
833 bp |
An annealing temperature of 55° C is fine for all genes.
Sequencing
Together with the recommended PCR primers above, we recommend using the following sequencing primers at 50C
Our previous recommendations were to use the PCR primers for sucA, thrAR1 and dnaNR1 for sequencing as well as the other primers listed below:
Allele template
Allelic profile of S. typhi strain CT18.
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