“Tracking” a Strain Using the Sherlock Microbial Identification System (MIS)

Technical Note #101 Myron Sasser May 1990 Last Revised July 2006 Bacterial Identification by Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (GC-FAME) INTRODUCTION For many years, analysis of short chain fatty acids (volatile fatty acids, VFAs) has been routinely…

Sherlock Microbial Identification System with Traditional Methods & PLFA Specification Sheet General Description ® The Sherlock Microbial Identification System (MIS) identifies fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) by gas chromatography. The resulting FAME profile can be used to identify the fatty…

Sherlock™ Microbial Identification System with E-FAME Methods Specification Sheet General Description Instrument Throughput Hardware The Sherlock Microbial Identification System identifies bacteria and yeast by gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). The Sherlock software, methods and libraries…

Sherlock Microbial Identification System with Traditional Methods Specification Sheet General Description ® The Sherlock Microbial Identification System identifies bacteria and yeast by gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of fatty acid methyl esters (GC-FAME). The Sherlock software, methods and ® libraries are…