Unified strain taxonomies are needed for the epidemiological surveillance of bacterial pathogens and international communication in microbiological research. Core genome multilocus sequence typing (cg...

This workshop aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of bacterial classification and nomenclature approaches used in genomic surveillance. Participants will gain insight into ...

This protocol describes a quadruplex real-time PCR (Dip4plex), performed with the Qiagen QuantiNova™ Multiplex PCR Kit, for simultaneous identification of Corynebacteria of th...

A surge of cases of Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection was observed in reception centers for migrants in Europe beginning in the summer of 2022. Most of the cases were cutaneous, although some r...

This study reveals prior undetected transmission events of Corynebacterium ulcerans, suggesting pets play an intermediary role between wildlife and humans. Two main sublineages were identified, showin...

Public databases for molecular typing and microbial genome diversity