Laboratory Procedure
bacterial typing
bac·te·ri·al typ·ing
Definitions related to bacterial typing:
  • (microbial biochemical identification) Any of a number of biochemical tests performed to identify the genus and/or species of a microorganism. These may include the assessment of gram reaction or metabolic characteristics.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (bacterial typing procedure) A procedure for identifying types and strains of bacteria. The most frequently used typing systems are bacteriophage typing, serotyping, bacteriocin typing, and biotyping.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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