Centre for the Study of Evolution, University of Sussex and Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK.
Infect Genet Evol. 2012 Jun;12(4):873-6. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.08.002. Epub 2011 Aug 10.
This www.Mbovis.org website and associated databases were initiated in response to the need of the Mycobacterium bovis molecular typing community for standardisation of nomenclature for spoligotype patterns. The purpose of the website is to provide standardised names for spoligotype patterns from strains of the RD9-deleted, lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Each unique spoligotype pattern is named by 'SB' followed by a four integer number (e.g. SB0120) and the database currently records over 1400 patterns submitted by the research community over the last 9 years. The database holds information and authoritative names for spoligotype patterns from both clades of Mycobacterium africanum, M. bovis (antelope), Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium pinnipedii, Mycobacterium caprae and M. bovis. The history of the database is described, as well as the method for submitting new patterns to the database and the functionality of the website.
本 www.Mbovis.org 网站及相关数据库是为了满足分枝杆菌属牛分枝杆菌分子分型界对 spoligotype 模式命名标准化的需求而设立的。该网站的目的是为结核分枝杆菌复合群 RD9 缺失系菌株的 spoligotype 模式提供标准化名称。每个独特的 spoligotype 模式都以“SB”加四个整数（例如 SB0120）命名，目前数据库中记录了过去 9 年中研究界提交的 1400 多个模式。该数据库包含来自非洲分枝杆菌属、牛分枝杆菌（羚羊）、微小分枝杆菌、海狮分枝杆菌、山羊分枝杆菌和牛分枝杆菌两个分枝的 spoligotype 模式的信息和权威名称。本文描述了数据库的历史，以及向数据库提交新模式的方法和网站的功能。
