Digital Hinote Vp Bios

Digital Hinote Vp Bios

Digital Hinote Vp Bios

Bacterial Identification

Differential staining of bacteria can provide preliminary information when a medical technician is attempting to identify an unknown type of infection-causing bacteria. Basic information, such as whether an organism is Gram positive or Gram negative, is used to decide which diagnostic test will be employed to determine the genus and species of the bacterium in question.

The API 20E by bioMerieux

If the microbe is a Gram negative rod shaped (bacillus) bacterium, one of the diagnostic tests most frequently employed is the API 20E test strip manufactured by bioMerieux, Inc., a biotech company that produces a variety of different test strips for identification of yeast, Staph, and anaerobic bacteria, to name just a few.

The API 20E system consists of a plastic strip of 20 individual, miniaturized tests tubes (cupules) each containing a different reagent used to determine the metabolic capabilities, and, ultimately, the genus and species of enteric bacteria in the family Enterobacteraceae.