Phenotypic methods |
Biochemical tests |
API or ID32 |
bioMerieux, France |
822 strains of bacteria and yeast, including 32 newly identified and 67 with new name assigned [2] |
BBL Crystal |
Becton Dickinson, USA |
> 500 taxons [5] |
Biolog Microbial ID |
Biolog, USA |
> 2900 species of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, yeast and fungi [8] |
Vitek 2 Compact |
bioMerieux, France |
> 553 different taxons [76] |
BD Phoenix |
Becton Dickinson, USA |
319 taxons [6] |
Analysis of fatty acid methyl esters |
Sherlock Microbial Identification System (MIDI) |
MIDI, USA |
> 2500 species: including 960 environment isolated species, 593 clinical species, 42 actinomycetes species, 31 species of Mycobacterium, 895 species of anaerobic icroorganisms and 216 species of yeast [67] |
Proteomic methods
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MALDI TOF |
MALDI Biotyper |
Bruker Daltonik, Germany |
> 2750 species, including 471 species of bacteria, 152 species of fungi and 164 Mycobacterium species [46] |
Vitek MS |
BioMerieux, France |
1316 species, 217 new species of bacteria (including 40 anaerobic and 55 of fungi) [77] |
FTIR Spectroscopy |
FTIR Biotyper |
Bruker Daltonik, Germany |
> 6534 spectrum for yeast, bacteria from genus: Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Enterobacteriaceae, lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria, Listeria, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Micrococcus and gram-positive bacteria and anaerobic bacteria [22] |
Genetic methods |
Nucleic acid analysis |
MicroSeq Microbial Identification System |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA |
> 2300 species of bacteria and 1100 species of fungi [50] |
Rybotyping |
RiboPrinter System |
DuPont Nutrition and Health, USA |
> 6900 patterns for microorganism, including 290 genus and 1400 species and serotypes which are key for dairy and pharmaceutical industry [58] |