<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> LIN codes provide a robust, multi-resolution lineage nomenclature.

ABSTRACT: Investigation of the bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae is complicated by extensive horizontal gene transfer: a process which disrupts phylogenetic signals and impedes our understanding of population structure. The ability to consistently identify N. gonorrhoeae lineages is important for surveillance of this increasingly antimicrobial resistant organism, facilitating efficient communication regarding its epidemiology; however, conventional typing systems fail to reflect N. gonorrhoeae strain taxonomy in a reliable and stable manner. Here, a N. gonorrhoeae genomic lineage nomenclature, based on the barcoding system of Life Identification Number (LIN) codes, was developed using a refined 1430 core gene MLST (cgMLST). This hierarchical LIN code nomenclature c

SUBMITTER: Unitt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12755878 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature