soil bact. Indentification

[Mark Fuller]

Peter Lawrence wrote:
> 
> Could some one please send information on environmental bacteria
> identification kits like the ones used for clinical work..Thanks
> lawrencp at wheat.mnsfld.edu


for environmental isolates? Š good luck!  Gram Negs are usually easily 
identified using Biolog, but forget it with gram positives.  The best 
bet, if you don't have a lot of samples is to send them out for fatty 
acid analysis at $45-65 a pop.

Regards.

-Mark