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  • Welcome to Pathogenwatch
  • News & Release Notes
    • Announcements
    • Release Notes 2025
    • Release Notes 2024
    • Release Notes 2023
    • Release Notes 2022
    • Release Notes 2019-2021
  • Getting Started
    • Sign in
    • A Brief Tour of Pathogenwatch
    • Interactive Collection View tutorial
    • Useful Links
  • How to use Pathogenwatch
    • Using the documentation
    • Using The Interactive Collection View
      • The Interactive Collection View
      • The Map Panel
      • The Tree Panel
        • Tree Panel
        • Generating a new tree
      • Data Tables
      • The Timeline Panel
      • Context search panel
      • Legend, Labels, and Colours
      • Searching genomes in a collection
      • Creating sub-collections
    • Genome Uploads & Folders
    • Browsing & Searching Genomes
    • Browsing Collections
    • Creating & Sharing Collections
    • Genome Reports
    • Deleting items
    • SARS-CoV-2 Tutorial
    • Tips and Tricks
  • Technical Descriptions of Analysis Tools
    • Genome Assembly
      • Short Read Assembly
      • Assembling genomes with EToKi
    • Plasmid Annotation
      • Inctyper
    • Assigning species with Speciator
    • Trees, Clustering, and Context Search
      • Core Genome Tree
        • About SNP-based trees
        • Core Assignment
        • Core Filter
        • Reference Assignment
        • Tree Construction
      • cgMLST Clustering & Context Searching
      • SARS-CoV-2 Genome Tree
      • cgMLST Tree
    • Lineage Assignment & Genotyping Methods
      • Genotyphi
      • Kleborate
      • cgMLST
      • Klebsiella LIN Codes
      • MLST
      • NG-MAST
      • Pangolin
      • PopPUNK
      • Vista
      • Finding HierCC codes with hclink
      • SARS-CoV-2 Notable Mutations
    • Serotyping
      • Kaptive
      • SeroBA
      • SISTR
      • ECTyper
    • Antimicrobial Resistance Prediction
      • Pathogenwatch AMR
      • Kleborate AMR
      • SPN-PBP-AMR
      • Resfinder
    • Virulence
      • STECFinder
      • VirulenceFinder
      • BIGSdb schemes
  • WHO bacterial priority pathogens
  • Initiatives powered by Pathogenwatch
    • PATH-SAFE
      • PATH-SAFE Sign in
      • What is the PATH-SAFE Programme?
      • PATH-SAFE powered by Pathogenwatch
      • Two-tool Serotyping with SISTR & SeqSero2
      • S. enterica SNP tree
      • PATH-SAFE analyses
  • How to cite
  • Acknowledgements
  • Privacy and Terms Of Service
  • FAQ
  • Report an Issue
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  • Introduction
  • Customisations
  • Upload microbial genomes to initiate a suite of automated analyses
  • Browse published genomes and collections direct from the CGPS
  • Search the genomic neighbourhood using cgMLST
  • Create & interact with collections for a deeper view

Welcome to Pathogenwatch

Pathogenwatch provides a platform for comparing pathogen genomes from around the world, integrating diverse data sets with rich representations.

NextNews & Release Notes

Last updated 4 months ago

For latest news and notices of upcoming maintenance or other PW related events visit the page.

Introduction

Pathogenwatch is a user-friendly web platform empowering researchers and public health professionals to analyse and visualise genomic data from microbial pathogens. Designed to streamline pathogen surveillance, it integrates advanced tools for resistance gene detection, phylogenetic analysis, and outbreak tracking, with interactive visualisations and access to global databases. By combining cutting-edge genomic analysis with seamless data sharing, Pathogenwatch enables faster, more informed decision-making to combat antimicrobial resistance and monitor the spread of infectious diseases worldwide.

To get started, and then take a "", or learn even more in the "How to use Pathogenwatch" pages.

Customisations

Some initiatives have customised features that have been specifically tailored (e.g., multi-organisation initiative). These extended and adapted features have been highlighted in the documentation by the following symbol (!), as shown below, and are only made accessible to users signed in with an account linked to that initiative.

Notes for specific initiatives (e.g. PATH-SAFE) appear in a (!) callout block like this message. These have been included to relay the extended capabilities of the application for those users.

Upload microbial genomes to initiate a suite of automated analyses

  • Your submitted genome data is kept private unless requested. Instructions for this are provided in the section.

  • Species assignment using "".

  • Over 20 schemes.

  • Typing with classic , , , PopPUNK and others.

  • prediction.

  • Interrogate the database using .

Browse published genomes and collections direct from the CGPS

  • We provide extensive collections of publicly available microbial sequences, gathered by publication or survey where possible.

  • Imported genomes are automatically annotated with our in-house pipelines and the results available for download.

Search the genomic neighbourhood using cgMLST

  • A clustering-based system allows the identification of near genomic neighbours to give your uploads a context.

Create & interact with collections for a deeper view

  • Create a single collection integrating public genomes with your own.

  • Make the collection public to share your insights with other researchers.


We have incorporated over 20 cgMLST schemes from multiple sources, including and the .

The powerful integrates the CGPS tree panel with a map panel and data tables, along with a query tool for highlighting genomes with particular features.

Announcements
sign in
Brief Tour of Pathogenwatch
PATH-SAFE
Genome Uploads
Speciator
core genome MLST
MLST
Genotyphi
NG-MAST
Antibiotic resistance
cgMLST-based clustering
Genome Uploads & Folders
Browsing & Searching Genomes
Browsing Collections
PubMLST
Pasteur Institute
cgMLST Clustering & Context Searching
Interactive Collection View
Phylocanvas
Creating & Sharing Collections
Using The Interactive Collection View