Medical software AccuGENX-ST®

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In addition to sequence-based microbial identification service, we offer strain typing by single or multilocus sequence typing (SLST or MLST), both of which are sequence-based strain typing methods. When production facilities experience microbial contamination it becomes a priority to identify the source. Using AccuGENX-ST® strain typing helps microbiologists in investigations of microbial contamination in production facilities. AccuGENX-ST® is a microbial characterization process used to distinguish members of the same species to the strain level by utilizing the well-established, highly accurate sequencing methods of SLST and MLST (single and multilocus sequence typing). We perform DNA sequencing of targets outside of the standard regions sequenced for microbial identification (16S, D2, or ITS2) to provide you with data to prove differences and/or similarities at the strain level. Determination to the strain level using SLST and MLST allows you to definitively track the source of contamination or simply verify your known production strains. Given the increased reproducibility of SLST and MLST sequence-based strain typing, they can help determine if your probiotic strains are the same or if the isolates recovered from one area are the same or different as another isolate—an important trait that allows for high resolution and greater confidence in your tracking and trending projects over time compared to methods utilizing fragment-based analysis.