ABMM/ABMLI Professional Recognition Award

Bacterial Identification by Gene Sequencing
• Initiated the program for identification of bacteria by Sanger
sequencing of 16S rRNA gene.
• March 2002 – May 2003: 5% of all bacterial isolates identified
by sequencing including –
Abiotrophia defectiva Capnocytophaga sputigena Helicobacter cinaedi
Achromobacter
xylosoxidans
Cardiobacterium hominis Herbaspirillum huttiense
Brevundimonas diminuta Corynebacterium accolens Kingella denitrificans
Campylobacter fetus Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides Kytococcus schroeteri
Campylobacter upsaliensis Haemophilus aphrophilus Tsukamurella pulmonis
• Following year, determined that sequencing the housekeeping
genes for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and glucose
kinase could be used to identify members of the
Streptococcus mitis group.