Article
Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification of unusual aerobic pathogenic gram-negative bacilli.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1998
Tang Y W, Ellis N M, Hopkins M K, Smith D H, Dodge D E, Persing D H
Abstract excerpt
Rapid and accurate identification of bacterial pathogens is a fundamental goal of clinical microbiology, but one that is difficult or impossible for many slow-growing and fastidious organisms. We used identification systems based on cellular fatty acid profiles (Sherlock; MIDI, Inc., Newark, Del....
Topics
- Carbon
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Fatty Acids
- Genotype
- Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria
- Humans
- Phenotype
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S