Multi Locus Sequence Typing of Neisseria
Management
The management committee for the Neisseria MLST website and databases consists of:
| Prof. Dominique Caugant | Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway |
| Prof. Andrew Fox | Meningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Manchester, UK |
| Prof. Matthias Frosch | Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany |
| Prof. Martin Maiden | Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, UK |
| Prof. David Stephens | Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Dr. Arie van der Ende | Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
The database curator and secretary to the committee is:
Dr. Keith Jolley: Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, UK
Committee membership is chosen from the delegates of the IPNC and is responsible for the designation of clonal complexes and for decisions concerning the structure of the databases.
Funding for the development and maintenance of the website and databases is provided by EU-MenNet with initial funding provided by the Wellcome Trust.
Information
- General information on MLST
- Clonal complex designation
- The Neisseria MLST database structure
Experimental Conditions for MLST
These protocols are for guidance only and you may need to optimise them for your particular laboratory.