Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of cellular fatty acids for identification of gram-negative anaerobic bacilli.
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.
Stoakes
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
Kelly
T
T
Schieven
B
B
Harley
D
D
Ramos
M
M
Lannigan
R
R
Groves
D
D
Hussain
Z
Z
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
D005227:Fatty Acids