USE OF THE API RAPID NFT SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING NONFERMENTATIVE AND FERMENTATIVE MARINE-BACTERIA

被引:10
作者
BRESCHEL, TS [1 ]
SINGLETON, FL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND SYST,MARYLAND BIOTECHNOL INST,CTR MARINE BIOTECHNOL,600 E LOMBARD ST,BALTIMORE,MD 21202
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10.1128/AEM.58.1.21-26.1992
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Thirty-five American Type Culture Collection type strains of marine bacteria were used to evaluate the Rapid NFT system (API Analab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) for use in identifying heterotrophic marine bacteria. The 21 biochemical and assimilation tests on the Rapid NFT test strips were treated according to the manufacturer's protocol, which included use of AUX medium (provided with the Rapid NFT system) for preparing assimilation tests, and by substituting phenol red broth base (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.) with and without an oil overlay for the AUX medium. A seven-digit numerical profile was obtained for each NFT test strip from each of the three procedures and matched to its corresponding number in the Rapid NFT identification codebook. Also, all biochemical and assimilation test results were analyzed with SASTAXAN and SAS/GRAPH programs (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, N.C.); similarity matrices were computed for all 35 strains. For comparison purposes, bacterial strains were grouped at a similarity level of 70%. The results indicated a low efficacy of identification for all three procedures. In addition, similarity matrix analysis showed more cohesive grouping based on results of phenol red broth base-treated strains than for the AUX medium provided by the manufacturer. However, none of the three treatments provided exclusive grouping of type strains at the genus level. Thus, the reliability of the data obtained from the NFT system and modifications thereof should be evaluated carefully when environmental isolates are characterized.
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