As such, they are often overlooked by commercial identification systems. A subset of these isolates may represent newly emerging pathogens , or the covert release of a bioterrorism agent . WEIP offers conventional phenotypic identification of clinical bacterial isolates to laboratories within the state of Wisconsin. The results will be shared with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . For consideration, candidate isolates must meet selection criteria .
Identification is provided at no charge to the participating laboratory.
There are some genes that are common to all species of bacteria. The DNA sequence of the amplified gene fragment is determined. DNA sequence comparison programs are used to find other sequences that most closely resemble the amplified gene. These sequences will be from other organisms that are the nearest relatives of the submitted isolate. In some cases, the DNA sequence of the submitted isolate will be identical to one already in the database from a known organism.