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Development of a computer identification system for coliform strains
Author(s) -
Gavini F.,
Oger C.,
Lefebvre B.,
Izard D.,
Leclerc H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1982.tb05060.x
Subject(s) - identification (biology) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , tap water , dna , species identification , environmental science , ecology , zoology , environmental engineering , genetics
A computer identification system, previously described, was tested on 279 β‐galactosidase‐positive enterobacteria isolated from clinical material, and the results compared with API and Micro ID methods. The system was also applied to the identification of 564 strains isolated from drinking water samples. Faecal coliform species and also some new groups and species of aquatic and telluric origin characterized by numerical analysis and DNA‐DNA hybridization procedures could be identified. The performance of the computer identification system with bacterial isolates from food and water is discussed.