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Identification of Enterobacteriaceae with the Minitek system
Author(s) -
Holmes B.,
Humphry P.S.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2672.1988.tb02735.x
Subject(s) - enterobacteriaceae , vibrionaceae , identification (biology) , reproducibility , matrix (chemical analysis) , strain (injury) , statistics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , mathematics , genetics , chromatography , bacteria , chemistry , ecology , escherichia coli , gene , anatomy
A total of 417 strains (361 Enterobacteriaceae, 56 Vibrionaceae) was examined in all the available Minitek system tests. The results were processed through four successive identification schemes devised by the manufacturer and the proportion of strains correctly identified, not identified or incorrectly identified determined for each scheme. From the results, a probability matrix was constructed incorporating all 35 Minitek tests. Test results for each strain were then processed through this matrix to determine its success in identification. From the matrix the order of separating value of the tests was determined. Forty‐three of the strains were each tested three times to assess the level of test reproducibility; the corrected error rate was 0.85%.