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Frequently Asked Questions
What should I do if I get different ID results at 4 hours and at 24 hours?
This is most often the result of having a mixed culture. See Section 4 for
recommended procedures and examine your culture carefully to see if it is
mixed. Also, consider the similarity value at one incubation time vs. the
other. Environmental strains will often grow a little differently than the
lab strains used to make the databases. Some strains may have a high
similarity in our 4 hour database, while others match our 24 hour database
more closely. Compare you similarity values to see which is a better
match.
Are there any genera where the taxonomy is still undergoing change?
Taxonomists have not yet agreed upon how all species should be
delineated and microbiology is an ever-evolving science. We update and
expand our software library on a continual basis, but at this point there are
certain genera still undergoing revision. These include Bacillus,
Corynebacterium, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, Vibrio,
Acinetobacter, Moraxella, Clostridium, and Candida.
www.dsmz.de/bactnom is a good site for current bacterial nomenclature.
You can also link to this site through Biolog’s web page.
www.cbs.knaw.nl is a good site for current yeast and filamentous fungi
nomenclature and information.
Our lab is interested in your quality control and validation procedures.
Where do we get this information?
Material Safety Data Sheets, Quality Control organism information, and
Certificates of Performance are available on the website. Validation
procedures, reagents kits and bacterial strains are available from Biolog.
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