C haracterization methods for bacteria

T. Mandal^a, P.Palit^b , S. Goshami^c, D. Mukhopadhyay^d, B. Bhunia^d*,

^a Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur-713209, India.

^b Dr. B.C.Roy College of Pharmacy and allied Health Sciences , Durgapur-713206, India

Department of Biotechnology, BIT, Meshra, Ranchi, Jharkhand 835215

Department of Biotechnology, BCET, Durgapur, Durgapur 713212.

Running Title: Characterization Methods for Bacteria

*Corresponding author

E-mail: bbhunia@gmail.com

Abstract

Accurate and definitive microorganism identification, including bacterial identification and pathogen detection, is essential for correct disease diagnosis, treatment of infection and trace-back of disease outbreaks associated with microbial infections. Bacterial identification is used in a wide variety of applications including microbial forensics, criminal investigations, bio-terrorism threats and environmental studies. So in this review we have discussed several methods for identification of bacteria.

Keywords: Bacteria, Phenotype , Genotype, Plasmid, Rybotype, DNA, PCR