MIDI Solutions
MIDI, Inc. has developed complex chromatographic data analysis solutions for microbiology and forensic laboratories since 1991.Sherlock™ can currently be applied to the automated analysis & ID of:
✓ Fatty acids (GC, GC-MS)
✓ Soil PLFAs (GC, GC-MS)
✓ Soil NLFAs (GC, GC-MS)
✓ Bacteria (GC)
✓ Mycobacteria (HPLC)
✓ Hydrocarbons (GC-MS)
The Sherlock software currently operates with Agilent Technologies' GC, GC-MS and HPLC hardware, as well as Shimadzu Corporation's GC hardware.
MIDI Services
Our sister company, Microbial ID, provides Soil Microbiology Testing Services for PLFA, NLFA and EL-FAME.
Sherlock™ GC & GC-MS Software Solutions
Gas Chromatography (GC) has been used for more than 30 years as a rapid and accurate method for microbial ID, fatty acid (FAME) and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis.
MIDI automated this technology in 1991 with the introduction of the Sherlock™ Microbial Identification System (MIS), which combined the Sherlock software platform with Agilent Technologies' GC product line.
The Sherlock MIS is used in more than 40 countries with more than 5,000 journal citations referencing the technology.
In 2014, MIDI introduced Sherlock X™ which extended the software to fire debris and PLFA analysis on Agilent Technologies' GC-MS product line.
In 2017, MIDI introduced the Sherlock™ Chromatographic Analysis System (CAS), which extended the software to Shimadzu Scientific Instruments' GC-2010/2030 product line.
For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
Agilent-based Solutions
Sherlock™ Mycobacteria ID System (MYCO-LCS)
Mycolic acid analysis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) has been used for more than 20 years as a rapid method for mycobacterial identification.
MIDI automated this technology in 2003 with the introduction of the Sherlock™ Mycobacterial Identification System (MYCO-LCS). The MYCO-LCS is widely-used in US public health laboratories at the City, County and State level, as well as reference laboratories in other countries.
The MYCO-LCS identifies 25 mycobacterial species and more than 35 species from related genera, including: M. tuberculosis, Corynebacteria, Dietzia, Gordonia, Nocardia, Rhodococcus and Tsukamurella.
For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
MIDI now Supports Shimadzu Corporation's GC-2010/2030 Product Line
The Shimadzu-based system is called the Sherlock™ Chromatographic Analysis System (CAS).
Microbial Community Analysis
One of the first solutions for the Sherlock CAS is the automated analysis of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) on Shimadzu's GC-2010/2030.
Rapid PLFA Analysis on a Shimadzu GC-2010/2030 Other solutions include the automated analysis of fatty acids from marine oils and microbial identification using our proven Sherlock™ platform.
To read more about the Sherlock CAS Solutions, click here: Sherlock CAS Info
