Bacteria Identification Tools: Enterobacteriacae

Probabilistic Identification of Bacteria: Enterobacteriacae

Identify an unknown bacterial isolate by selecting the checkboxes for known test results, and clicking on the submit button. Leave boxes blank for unknown or indeterminate test results.

Test	Value
Motility 25慢	Positive	Negative
Motility 37慢	Positive	Negative
Yellow pigment	Positive	Negative
Red pigment	Positive	Negative
MacConkey	Positive	Negative
Catalase	Positive	Negative
Arginine dihydrolase	Positive	Negative
Lysine decarboxylase	Positive	Negative
Ornithine decarboxylase	Positive	Negative
Urease	Positive	Negative
H2S	Positive	Negative
Simmons citrate	Positive	Negative
ONPG	Positive	Negative
PPA	Positive	Negative
Gluconate	Positive	Negative
VP 25慢	Positive	Negative
Indole	Positive	Negative
Cellobiose PWS	Positive	Negative
Inositol PWS	Positive	Negative
Lactose PWS	Positive	Negative
Maltose PWS	Positive	Negative
Mannitol PWS	Positive	Negative
Raffinose PWS	Positive	Negative
Rhamnose PWS	Positive	Negative
Salicin PWS	Positive	Negative
Sorbitol PWS	Positive	Negative
Sucrose PWS	Positive	Negative
Trehalose PWS	Positive	Negative
Xylose PWS	Positive	Negative

Identification Results Table:

Enter test result data into checkboxes to proceed with identification

The following tests gave unexpected results for the most likely taxa:

No atypical results found

References:

Bryant, T.N. (2004) PIBWin -- software for probabilistic identification. Journal of Applied Microbiology 97(6):1326-7.

Holmes, B. and Costas, M. (1992) Identification of Enterobacteriaceae by computerized methods. In: Board, R.G., Jones, D. and Skinner, F.A. (Eds.) Identification methods in applied and environmental microbiology, pp. 127-149. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications]