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Characterization of bacterial genospecies by computer‐assisted statistical analysis of enzyme electrophoretic data
Author(s) -
Picard Bertrand,
Goullet Philippe,
Bouvet Philippe J. M.,
Decoux Gerard,
Denis JeanBaptist
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.1150101004
Subject(s) - electrophoresis , statistical analysis , biology , acinetobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , statistics , mathematics
A computer‐assisted statistical treatment of the electrophoretic data obtained from the analysis of two dehydrogenases and 27 kinds of esterases produced by strains belonging to the taxonomically complex genus Acinetobacter is described. The 12 genospecies were clearly separated from each other by correspondence analysis, For each genospecies the distances of the strains from their barycenter were computed and typical isolates suitable for use as reference strains were determined. This approach is suitable for the systematic study of other procaryotic or eucaryotic organisms.