EVALUATION OF THE BIOLOG SYSTEM FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BACILLUS-ANTHRACIS

Authors
BAILLIE LWJ JONES MN TURNBULL PCB MANCHEE RJ
Citation
Lwj. Baillie et al., EVALUATION OF THE BIOLOG SYSTEM FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BACILLUS-ANTHRACIS, Letters in applied microbiology, 20(4), 1995, pp. 209-211
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
209 - 211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1995)20:4<209:EOTBSF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The potential of the Biolog system for the identification of Bacillus anthracis was evaluated. In-house generated databases allowed the corr ect identification of 19 of 20 isolates of B. anthracis within 24 h. F ive strains of the closely related B. cereus/thuringiensis group were misidentified as B. anthracis. For this reason the test could only ser ve as a primary screen with further testing being required to confirm identity. In addition 20% of all the strains of bacilli examined durin g the study gave unreadable reaction profiles due to false-positive re actions.