Ribosomal MLST

Identify species

Ribosomal Multilocus Sequence Typing (rMLST) is an approach that indexes variation of the 53 genes encoding the bacterial ribosome protein subunits (rps genes) as a means of integrating microbial taxonomy and typing.

The rps gene variation catalogued in this database permits rapid identification of the phylogenetic position of any bacterial sequence at the domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species and strain levels.

rMLST is described in Jolley et al. 2012 Microbiology 158:1005-15.

Databases curated by james.brayatbiology.ox.ac.uk (James Bray).

For academic non commercial use only. For full terms and conditions please see rMLST_licence.pdf. To discuss any other sort of use, including a commercial use licence, please contact innovationatinnovation.ox.ac.uk quoting reference 7895/MC.

Access to the databases can be obtained by registering for a PubMLST account and making the request via the registration system.

Typing

The typing database contains nomenclature - allele definitions that provide an identifier for every unique allele sequence, and rMLST profiles that index each unique combination of alleles with a ribosomal sequence type (rST). rSTs are linked to genus and species where determined.

Allele sequences:
6,059,124
Profiles:
283,402
Last updated:
2024-11-12

Genome collections

The genome database contains sequence assemblies linked to isolate provenance and species. The records are validated and curated in an ongoing process to ensure that species groups cluster coherently.

Genomes:
894,192
Last updated:
2024-11-15