The latest version of the Brucella database has just been released. It compiles data published in Le Flèche et al., 2006, Al Dahouk et al., 2007, Garcia-Yoldi et al., 2007a and 2007b, Scholz et al., 2008, Kattar et al., 2008. The data is derived from 529 isolates, and using MLVA16 384 genotypes are resolved. More detailed support information can be found on the MLVA wiki and the database can be accessed at http://minisatellites.u-psud.fr/MLV....