Novel Multilocus Sequence Typing and Global Sequence Clustering Schemes for Characterizing the Population Diversity of Streptococcus mitis
Kalizang’oma A, Kwambana-Adams B, Chan J, Viswanath A, Gori A, Richard D, Jolley K, Lees J, Goldblatt D, Beleza S, Bentley S, Heyderman R, Chaguza C. Novel Multilocus Sequence Typing and Global Sequence Clustering Schemes for Characterizing the Population Diversity of Streptococcus mitis. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2022, 61: e00802-22. PMID: 36515506, PMCID: PMC9879099, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00802-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSequence clustersPathogenic streptococcal speciesMultilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemePopulation diversitySingle-nucleotide polymorphism distancesSequence typesSequence typing schemeUnique sequence typesGenetic diversityPopulation structureBacterial population diversityMolecular typing toolsS. mitisHousekeeping genesSequence fragmentsMLST schemeDiversityOpportunistic pathogenStreptococcus mitisStreptococcal speciesTyping toolSpeciesNew insightsTyping schemeMultilocus sequence typing