title: Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of cellular fatty acids for identification of gram-negative anaerobic bacilli.
abstract: A commercially available, computer-assisted microbial identification system (MIS) employs gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of cellular fatty acids for bacterial identification. MIS was compared with conventional identification systems. Of 225 gram-negative anaerobes tested, MIS identified 72.4% of the strains to the species level, 88.9% to the appropriate group, and 93.3% to the correct genus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stoakes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schieven
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lannigan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Groves
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D003201:Computers; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids