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