... can talk about sets of strains that have properties in common. Identification Identification is a branch of systematics. It is, however, different from classification, which tests of the way living organisms are grouped together into taxonomic groups or taxa (singular taxon). Identification deals with the process of allocating a new specimen (an 'unknown') to the correct and previously described taxon. Importance : Identification is a very important practical activity, which will concern most microbiologists from time to time. Large areas of microbiological work are heavily dependent on good identification. Some areas, such as hospital microbiology, are almost entirely concerned with identification and are collectively referred to as diagnostic microbiology. It may be emphasized that numerous kinds of microbiological work........ * By sequencing a number of rRNA genes and comparing them with genes in the databases, a picture of the composition of the microbial population began to emerge. * Because this type of analysis was not ...

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