title: A general-purpose system for characterizing medically important bacteria to genus level.
abstract: A computer program and accompanying data matrix have been prepared for bacteria of medical interest, to assist the assignment of an unidentified bacterium to the most likely genus. The results on a set of relatively simple tests are entered. The program prints the more likely genera, followed by a list of diagnostic tables in Cowan & Steel (1974) and Buchanan & Gibbons (1974). Where available, identification matrices for further computer-assisted study, are presented. This program may be of particular help in laboratories where a wide range of bacteria have to be identified.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003201:Computers; D011336:Probability; D012984:Software