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EVALUATION OF MINIBACT, A NEW SYSTEM FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
Author(s) -
Kjaeldgaard POUL,
Nissen BENT,
Lange NIELS,
Laursen HELGA
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series b: microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0180
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1986.tb03020.x
Subject(s) - enterobacteriaceae , identification (biology) , clinical microbiology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , escherichia coli , ecology , genetics , gene
Minibact, a new system for four‐hour identification of Enterobacteriaceae , combined with a computer identification system, was compared with Micro‐ID and API 20E in testing 110 strains of Enterobacteriaceae. Minibact gave identification rates of 96.4% at species level and 96.4% at genus level; the corresponding values for Micro‐ID were 87.3% and 91.8%, and for API 20E 91.8% and 94.5%. In conclusion, Minibact combined with a computer identification program gave high identification rates fully comparable to those of Micro‐ID and API 20E, and the system might be an alternative to conventional identification systems in clinical microbiological departments.