RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Page, Andrew J. A1 Alikhan, Nabil-Fareed A1 Carleton, Heather A. A1 Seemann, Torsten A1 Keane, Jacqueline A. A1 Katz, Lee S.YR 2017 T1 Comparison of classical multi-locus sequence typing software for next-generation sequencing data JF Microbial Genomics, VO 3 IS 8 OP SP e000124 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000124 PB Microbiology Society, SN 2057-5858, AB Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) is a widely used method for categorizing bacteria. Increasingly, MLST is being performed using next-generation sequencing (NGS) data by reference laboratories and for clinical diagnostics. Many software applications have been developed to calculate sequence types from NGS data; however, there has been no comprehensive review to date on these methods. We have compared eight of these applications against real and simulated data, and present results on: (1) the accuracy of each method against traditional typing methods, (2) the performance on real outbreak datasets, (3) the impact of contamination and varying depth of coverage, and (4) the computational resource requirements., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.000124