BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION BY INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

Abstract
A standardized method is descr. for obtaining bacterial infrared spectra of high reproducibility. A coding system provides for recording the entire infrared spectrum of any bacterial species on an IBM card. A standard catalog of 637 strains of bacteria from 33 genera has been accumulated on IBM cards. Methods are discussed for comparing standardized unknown infrared spectra of bacteria with those of the standard catalog for identification.
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