Multilocus sequence typing has been useful for genotyping pathogens in surveillance and epidemiologic studies. However, it cannot reflect the true relationships of isolates for species with very dynamic genomes. Using a robust genome phylogeny, we demonstrated the limitations of this method for typing Acinetobacter baumannii.
Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; MLST; bacteria; genome sequencing; genotyping; multilocus sequence typing.