Identification des principales espèces du genre Serratia par une galerie simplifiée

Abstract

A reduced identification system for the genus Serratia is proposed. The usefulness of this system was shown by identification of 720 strains from clinical specimens or natural environment. Computation of ⪡diagnosis ability coefficient⪢ and principal component analysis made it possible to reduce this identification system to 9 tests. Numerical taxonomy displayed the 9 recognized species.