| 06/06/2007 |
A penA_allele field has been added to the isolate database. This links to the penA database hosted on neisseria.org. |
| 26/03/2007 |
The isolate database has been normalized so that PubMed id values are now stored within their own table, rather than within fields in the isolate table. This means that now any number of papers can be associated with each isolate. The submission system now allows you to select a paper and submit a list of isolate id numbers that should be associated with it. |
| 03/01/2007 |
Minor changes have been made to the isolate database structure:
- The 'strain' field has been renamed to 'isolate'.
- A new 'strain designation' field has been created. This is a composite field, i.e. it is made up of other existing fields and does not itself exist within the database. This field is made up of serogroup, PorA variant types, FetA type, ST and clonal complex, e.g. B: P1.19,15: F5-1: ST-33 (cc32). Variant deletions are represented by 'Δ', test not done by 'ND' and data missing for other reasons, e.g. clonal complex not defined for ST, by '-'.
- The 'strain designation' field is displayed by default in the standard results table. Consequently, the 'ST' and 'serogroup' fields are no longer displayed by default as they are redundant. You can however choose which default fields you'd like displayed by selecting them within the options page. Your choice will be remembered between sessions.
- 'Non-groupable' has been replaced with 'NG' in the serogroup field.
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| 04/10/2006 |
Submissions to the Neisseria database should now be sent using the automated submissions system. This enables us to use a team of curators. |
| 25/09/2006 |
A new clonal complex has been defined - ST-37 complex. |
| 12/04/2006 |
An updated submission template for the isolate database is now available. An additional field has been added for the FetA variable region. |
| 01/03/2006 |
A new clonal complex has been defined - ST-4821 complex. |
| 08/02/2006 |
An updated submission template for the isolate database is now available. Additional fields have been added for antibiotic resistance breakpoints. |
| 19/12/2005 |
An updated submission template for the isolate database is now available. New allowed values have been added for source (urethral swab, joint fluid and sputum) and for disease (uncomplicated gonorrhoea and disseminated gonococcal infection). An additional field has also been added for penicillin_range which includes resistance breakpoints. Ranges for the other antibiotics will be added when the breakpoints can be agreed. |
| 26/10/2005 |
Six new clonal complexes have been defined - the ST-174, ST-103, ST-167, ST-750, ST-1157 and the ST-865 complexes. |
| 20/05/2005 |
Two new clonal complexes have been defined - ST-226 complex and ST-60 complex. |
| 29/04/2005 |
A new clonal complex has been defined - ST-461 complex. |
| 23/02/2005 |
New lactamica clonal complexes have been assigned. These are the ST-595, ST-613, ST-624, ST-640, ST-1494 and ST-1540 clonal complexes. In the database, they are clearly designated as being from lactamica, by including the species within the complex name, e.g. ST-595 complex (lactamica). |
| 27/07/2004 |
A list of recent publications that use or mention MLST in Neisseria research is now generated automatically every day, providing an overview of the latest research utilising this technique. |
| 02/07/2004 |
Website layout integrated into the pubmlst.org style. |
| 21/05/2004 |
A new clonal complex has been defined - ST-213 complex. |
| 05/05/2004 |
Advanced breakdown of isolate datasets is now available following a query. One field can be broken down by another, e.g. clonal complexes by year. You can also determine the frequencies of unique combinations of fields. |
| 12/12/2003 |
The Neisseria MLST databases are now mirrored at http://ukmirror1.pubmlst.org/neisseria/. |
| 13/10/2003 |
The ST-41 complex has been expanded to include all STs that match ST-44
at four or more loci. The complex now has two central STs - 41 and
44, and has consequently been renamed the 'ST-41/44 complex'.
A new complex has also been added - ST-162 complex. |
| 10/10/2003 |
Updated primer sequences added. |
| 28/03/2003 |
When displaying full information about an isolate following a search, if
available the full citation is now displayed rather than just a PubMed id. |
| 25/03/2003 |
There is a new script available on the PubMLST (isolate) database that
enables a user to query the database by cited publication. |
| 28/06/2002 |
There is a new script available on the PubMLST (isolate) database that
enables a user to export full isolate information from a search as a
tab-delimited text file. These can be easily imported into
spreadsheets or other analysis packages. A new button will appear at
the bottom of the isolate table when displaying data using the 'Browse
database' page. |
| 23/05/2002 |
There is a new script available on the PubMLST (isolate) database
that provides a detailed breakdown of a displayed dataset. A
new link will appear at the bottom of the isolate table when displaying
data using the 'Browse database' page. |
| 18/03/2002 |
The new site has gone live as part of Neisseria.org. |
| 08/03/2002 |
A drop-down listbox containing all assigned clonal complexes has been
added to the query page to aid in searches by complex. |
| 20/02/2002 |
Dynamically generated pages are now cached for one day. This
should significantly speed up browsing within the site without affecting
search results. It should be possible to increase the expiry time of
certain pages at a later date once the site layout has stabilised. |
| 18/02/2002 |
Allele numbers in the strain information page are now hyperlinked to
provide information such as full sequence and datestamp. |
| 15/02/2002 |
The strain information page, obtained from clicking on an isolate id
number in an isolate database, now makes a network connection to the PorA
VR database if VR data is available. The amino acid sequence of the
variable region is returned, along with a hyperlink to the appropriate
page on the PorA VR website. |
| 31/01/2002 |
A trial server has been set up where the database has been split so that the allelic profiles and isolate
data are stored separately. This enables multiple isolate databases
to be set up, all of which can connect to the profiles database (either
locally or via the Internet) to query allelic profiles and allele
sequences. These isolate databases may be public or private and can
represent true populations of bacteria, unlike the previous database that
held data on whichever isolates were submitted. The previous
database has become the PubMLST isolate database. Please contact the
webmaster if you want further details about setting up your own isolate
database that can connect to the profiles database via the Internet. |
| 22/05/2001 |
All instances of 'East Germany' and 'West Germany'
have been changed to 'Germany' with a comment added concerning their
original designation. Likewise instances of 'USSR' have been changed
to 'Russia'. This was to aid data searching and has affected 12
isolates. |
| 14/05/2001 |
By request, all instances of country 'Czechoslovakia'
have been changed to 'Czech Republic' to aid searching. |