Table 1.

N. gonorrhoeae sequence typing schemes implemented in Pathogenwatch

Typing schemea	Loci (number)	Note	Pathogenwatch implementation	References
cgMLST	(N = 1649)	N. gonorrhoeae cgMLST v1.0	Typing algorithm, database from PubMLST	[46–48, 53]
MLST	abcZ, adk, aroE, fumC, gdh, pdhC, pgm (N = 7)	Housekeeping genes in Neisseria spp.	In-house typing tool, database from PubMLST	[45, 47, 48, 53]
NG-MAST	porB, tbpB (N = 2)	Genes encoding highly-variable membrane proteins	NG-MASTER, database from NG-MAST website	[49, 50, 54]
NG-STAR	penA, mtrR, porB, ponA, gyrA, parC, 23S rDNA (N = 7)	Genes involved in antimicrobial resistance	In-house typing tool, database from NG-STAR website	[51–53]

^a Typing scheme: cgMLST core genome multi-locus sequence typing, MLST multi-locus sequence typing, NG-MAST N. gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing, NG-STAR N. gonorrhoeae sequence typing for antimicrobial resistance