Sentence examples for using a microbial diagnostic from inspiring English sources
The impact of substrates for probe immobilization was studied using a microbial diagnostic microarray consisting of probes designed against the pmoA genes of methanotrophs and functionally related bacteria.
The authors have performed previous studies to examine the clinical outcomes of patients when using molecular microbial diagnostic testing and have reported improvement in patient outcomes when using molecular testing when compared to when culture testing was used [ 16, 17].
These results have been confirmed by a recent study that genotyped 54 MRSA ST398 pig isolates using a diagnostic DNA microarray that includes virulence genes and microbial surface components that recognize adhesive matrix molecules [ 39].
In contrast to contemporary methods used for microbial diagnostics and surveillance, RPM technology supports simultaneous detection and differential identification of hundreds of targets in a single diagnostic run.
One explanation might be that emetic B. cereus strains are easily overlooked in routine diagnostic since they frequently show an atypical phenotype and might, in addition, be outcompeted on nonselective agar media often used in microbial diagnostics [ 32].
Microbial growth characteristics were determined using a Bioscreen Automated Microbial Growth Analyzer (Bioscreen C, Oy Growth Curves AB, Finland).
To test the SLICel designed probes for their potential use in microbial diagnostics; a new microarray was designed that consisted of the 25 best performing probes out of 97 according to their specificity and the sensitivity in the validation experiments.
From a health perspective, these guidelines principally focus on microbial hazards and use a Quantitative Microbial Risk Management (QMRA) process for guideline setting.
We used a hierarchical diagnostic scheme.
The aim of this work was to improve and expand the potential of a combined NASBA-microarray approach by developing a new optimized protocol suitable for further possible use in microbial diagnostics.
Gene functions of dominant OTUs were predicted using PICRUSt [ 49], a tool that predicts the gene function of a microbial community using an existing database of microbial genomes.
