Printed Identification Key or Web-Based Identification Guide: An Effective Tool for Species Identification?

Use of cost effective and rapid molecular tools for identification of Candida species, opportunistic pathogens

Background and Purpose :Candidiasis is a widespread fungal infection caused by different Candida species. Rapid identification of Candida species in clinical laboratory is becoming increasingly important since the identification and discrimination of ethological agents for early treatment. We aimed at molecular identification of commonly Candida species isolated from clinical samples by using b...

FurIOS: A Web-Based Tool for Identification of Vibrionaceae Species Using the fur Gene

Gene based methods for identification of species from the Vibrionaceae family have been developed during the last decades to address the limitations of the commonly used 16S rRNA gene phylogeny. Recently, we found that the ferric-uptake regulator gene (fur) can be used as a single identification marker providing species discrimination, consistent with multi-locus sequencing analyses and whole g...

Species Identification Key of Korean Mammal Hair

The hair microstructures of Korean terrestrial mammals from 23 species (22 wild and one domestic) were analyzed using light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to construct a hair identification key. The hairs were examined using the medulla structures and cuticular scales of guard hairs from the dorsal regions of mature adult animals. All cuticular scale structures in the hair of Rodentia, ...

Rock & Mineral Identification Guide Rock & Mineral Identification Guide

SciMiner: Web-based literature mining tool for target identification and functional enrichment analysis SciMiner: Web-based literature mining tool for target identification and functional enrichment analysis