[Identification of reference strains of intestinal bacteria using the TNW, IDENTI and NIS 86 numeric identification systems].

A total of 176 reference strains including 63 species of Enterobacteriaceae mainly of clinical origin were tested by commercial diagnostic kits ENTEROtest 1 & 2. The identification efficacy in both systems TNW and IDENTI was nearly in agreement 144 (81.8%), 142 (80.7%) respectively correctly identified strains. The NIS 86 system identified only 54 (30.7%) strains correctly.