{"id":1562,"date":"2018-10-03T10:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T10:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pharmig.org.uk\/en\/product\/guide-to-bacterial-identification-october-2018\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:56:51","slug":"guide-to-bacterial-identification-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.pharmig.org.uk\/en\/product\/guide-to-bacterial-identification-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Bacterial Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microbial identification represents an important part of the microbiology function. This includes screening products for objectionable organisms, profiling the environmental microbiota, and investigating out-of-limits events with a view to assigning a probable point of origin. In deciding what and when (and subsequently to what level) to identify, and by the way of which methods, requires an identification strategy. This is a document each microbiology laboratory should develop.<\/p>\n

During a Pharmig presentation on microbial identification strategy and a Q&A session that followed there was a variation in approach, and sometimes a lack of clarity, concerning good identification practices and in outlining a strategy of what to identify and when. To provide guidance for members and other microbiologists, in the way of a training aid, and to provide the basis for microbiology laboratories to benchmark against, this guide was put together.<\/p>\n

The foreword has kindly been written by Andrew Hopkins \u2013 MHRA<\/p>\n

View a sample of the Guide by clicking here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Chapters within the Guide include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Why do we identify?<\/li>\n
  2. Phenotypic identification methods<\/li>\n
  3. Genotypic identification methods<\/li>\n
  4. Rapid identification methods<\/li>\n
  5. Common issues with bacterial identification<\/li>\n
  6. Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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