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"Welcome to the Bacillus cereus group Typing Databases"
This website hosts three typing databases developed at the University of Oslo, Norway, for the Bacillus cereus group of bacteria, which includes B. cereus, B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, B. mycoides, B. pseudomycoides, and B. weihenstephanensis. The databases contain MultiLocus Sequence Typing (MLST), MultiLocus Enzyme Electrophoresis (MLEE), and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) phylogenetic data.
LATEST NEWS (March 2012):
Integration of 84 additional isolates, including 7 with complete genomes and 2 novel isolates belonging to the B. cytotoxicus species.
LATEST NEWS (April-May 2010): Major upgrade of the database system. The databases have been updated with a number of new features including phylogenetic cluster classification, statistical support for branches on supertrees, lists of genotyping profiles, hyperbolic tree viewer, and more.
The server provides access to the newly developed comprehensive Multi-Datatype Database, HyperCAT, containing all strain information and phylogenetic typing data for the Bacillus cereus group, integrating MLST, MLEE, and AFLP data. The database provides multi-datatype strain comparisons including combined phylogenetic analyses based on supertree techniques, superclusters of strains sharing related genotypes, and more. HyperCAT is described in Tourasse et al. 2010 and Tourasse et al. 2010.
Click here to enter HyperCAT, the B. cereus group MLST+AFLP+MLEE Superdatabase. The server also provides access to the Multi-Scheme MLST Database, SuperCAT, containing the strain information and sequence data for all the five published MLST schemes for the Bacillus cereus group. The database allows to conduct multi-scheme strain comparisons including combined phylogenetic analyses based on supertree techniques, superclusters of strains sharing related genotypes, and more. SuperCAT is described in Tourasse and Kolstø 2008.
Click here to enter SuperCAT, the B. cereus group MLST Superdatabase. The server also gives access to the database specifically developed for the optimized Bacillus cereus group MLST scheme of Tourasse, Helgason et al. 2006.
Click here to enter the B. cereus group optimized scheme MLST database. - In addition, you can
- find general information about MLST, AFLP, and MLEE for the B. cereus group.
- get information about how data are gathered and curated in our databases and how to submit your own data.
- visit our Bacillus research group website.
- Related databases:
- A specific database system for the Priest MLST scheme is available at http://pubmlst.org/bcereus/
- A specific BLAST database for the Candelon-Sorokin MLST scheme is available at http://spock.jouy.inra.fr/cgi-bin/bacilliMLSopen.cgi
- A tool of affiliating B. cereus group isolates to phylogenetic groups is available at https://www.tools.symprevius.org/Bcereus/english.php
Citing the database
If you use data from this website in publications, please cite this website, preferably as below:
"This publication made use of the University of Oslo's Bacillus cereus group MultiLocus and MultiData Typing website (http://mlstoslo.uio.no)"
Database implementation
The databases are constructed by using mlstdbNet software developed by Jolley et al, 2004, heavily modified by Dr. Nicolas J. Tourasse, and the PostgreSQL database management system. The website makes use of the facilities and support provided by the Norwegian EMBnet node and the HPC Supercomputing facilities at the University of Oslo.
Contact
The databases provided on this website are maintained by Dr. Nicolas J. Tourasse.
For comments, questions, or to submit your own data for inclusion into the database release, please contact
Nicolas J. Tourasse (nicolas.tourasse@ibpc.fr), Institut de Biologie Physico−Chimique (IBPC), University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, or
Prof. Anne−Brit Kolstø (a.b.kolsto@farmasi.uio.no),
Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics (LaMDa), Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Oslo. See also the Data Info and Submission page.