title: Whole-Genome Sequencing Data for Serotyping Escherichia coli-It's Time for a Change!
abstract: The accessibility of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) presents the opportunity for national reference laboratories to provide a state-of-the-art public health surveillance service. The replacement of traditional serology-based typing of Escherichia coli by WGS is supported by user-friendly, freely available data analysis Web tools. An article in this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (K. G. Joensen, A. M. M. Tetzschner, A. Iguchi, F. M. Aarestrup, and F. Scheutz, J Clin Microbiol, 53:2410-2426, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00008-15) describes SerotypeFinder, an essential guide to serotyping E. coli in the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom claire.jenkins@phe.gov.uk.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D019081:O Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D019081:O Antigens