title: The improvement of a phenotype microarray protocol for the chemical sensitivity analysis of Streptococcus thermophilus.
abstract: Phenotype MicroArray (PM) permits the characterisation of bacteria under nearly 2000 culture conditions. The PM standard procedure for the chemical sensitivity analysis of Gram-positive bacteria failed in the analysis of Streptococcus thermophilus. Therefore, we developed an efficient and reproducible protocol to obtain a chemically sensitive profile of S. thermophilus using PM.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Sezione di Microbiologia and Laboratorio Genexpress, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Decorosi
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santopolo
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viti
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giovannetti
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D048249:Streptococcus thermophilus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents