title: Use of the BioMerieux ID 32C yeast identification system for identification of aerobic actinomycetes of medical importance.
abstract: The BioMerieux ID 32C Yeast Identification System was examined to determine its usefulness as a rapid method for the identification of medically important aerobic actinomycetes. More than 290 strains were tested by this method and the results were compared to those obtained by conventional methods. It was found that aerobic actinomycetes could be differentiated to species level in 7 days by the ID 32C system.
authors.affiliation: Australian National Reference Laboratory in Medical Mycology, The Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, N.S.W.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Muir
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Pritchard
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000332:Aerobiosis; D001315:Australia; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity