The choice of microbiologists worldwide for its ease-of-use and high-performance, the API® ID strip range is the global reference for identification.
Right from the moment it launched, API® completely revolutionized the field of bacteriology. API® brings together high quality and ease of use with standardized, miniaturized strips of biochemical tests to use with comprehensive identification databases. With API®, bacterial and fungal identification is simple, rapid and reliable.
That’s why today, API® is recognized as THE REFERENCE for identification of bacterial and fungal species.
With multiple biochemical reactions in limited wells along with a wide identification database on the market, API® makes bacterial identification reliable and accurate.
API® is easy to use and implement for both routine use and as a complementary method in labs that primarily use automated methods.
Simplify the interpretation of your API® strip result.
As innovative today as when API® was first developed, bioMérieux gives a new dimension to this range by making identification simple and available to everyone, anytime, and anywhere. apiweb™ leverages advanced technology to be the essential complement to manual identification.
Gram (-) rods | ||
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API® 20E | Identification of Gram (-) rods in 18-24 hrs | Ref. 20 100 (25 strips) Ref. 20 160 (100 strips) |
RapID 20E | Rapid identification of enterobacteriaceae in 4 hrs | Ref. 20 701 - 25 strips |
API® 20 NE | Identification of non-enteric Gram (-) rods in 24-48 hrs | Ref. 20 050 - 25 strips + media |
API® 10 S | Simplified identification of Gram (-) rods in 18-24 hrs | Ref. 10 100 - 50 strips |
Yeasts | ||
API® Candida | Identification of yeasts found in clinical infections in 18-24 hrs | Ref. 10 500 - 10 strips + media |
API® 20 C AUX | Identification of yeasts in 24-48 hrs | Ref. 20 210 - 25 strips + media |
Staphylococci | ||
API® Staph | Identification of staphylococci and micrococci in 18-24 hrs | Ref. 20 500 - 25 strips + media |
Streptococci | ||
API® 20 Strep | Identification of streptococci and related bacteria in 4 or 24 hrs | Ref. 20 600 - 25 strips + media + swabs |
Anaerobic bacteria | ||
API® 20 A | Identification of anaerobes in 24-48 hrs | Ref. 20 300 - 25 strips + media |
Other bacterial groups | ||
API® Coryne | Identification of corynebacteria and coryneform bacteria in 24 hrs | Ref. 20 900 - 12 strips + media + McFarland Standard |
API® Listeria | Identification of Listeria species in 24 hrs | Ref. 10 300 - 10 strips + media + reagent |
API® NH | Identification of Neisseria, Haemophilus and B. catarrhalis in 18h to 24 hrs | Ref. 10 400 - 10 strips + media + reagents + swabs |
API® Campy | Identification of Campylobacter in 24 hrs | Ref. 20 800 - 12 strips + media + McFarland Standard |
API® 50 CH | “Research’’ strip (metabolism of carbohydrates) | Ref. 50 300 - 10 strips |
For product availability, please contact your local bioMérieux representative.
API & ID32 Identification databases booklet
Evaluation of API 20 NE in routine diagnostics of nonfermenting gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria
Geiss HK, Piotrowski HD, Hingst V. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3890425
Rapid and economical method for species identification of clinically significant coagulase-negative staphylococci
Ieven M, Verhoeven J, Pattyn SR, Goossens H. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7615705
Evaluation of the RAPID ID 32A system for the identification of Bacteroides fragilis and related organisms
Jenkins SA, Drucker DB, Keaney MG, Ganguli LA. University of Manchester http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1960112