In addition to the Sherlock System Software, operation of the Sherlock Microbial Identification System
requires purchasing one or more fatty acid or DNA-Sequence-based
databases (libraries) based
on your requirements. The Base Sherlock
Software comes with the Aerobic Bacteria Library. Sherlock
DNA Sequence libraries require the Sherlock DNA software.
FATTY ACID LIBRARIES for Sherlock 6.1 Version
Software
Instant FAME 3 Minute Sample Preparation
Instant
FAME Libraries- Version 1.x
The Instant FAME Libraries
contain 966 Aerobic Bacteria species and 44 Yeast species.
Standard 2 Hour Sample Preparation
Standard/Rapid
Aerobic Bacteria Library- V.6.1 
The Aerobe
library contains over 695 Environmental
species and 430 Clinical species.
Standard/Sensi
Anaerobic Bacteria Library- V.6.0 
The
Anaerobe library contains 725 species.
Standard/Sensi
Yeast and Other Species- V.6.0 
This
library contains 190 Yeast species.
Bioterrorism
Library V.3.0 
The Sherlock Bioterrorism library identifies 6 major
bacterial bioterrorism species and is both U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) and FDA 510(k) cleared for confirmation of Bacillus
anthracis (anthrax).
DNA SEQUENCING LIBRARIES for Sherlock DNA
Software
Sherlock
DNA 16S/28S Libraries V.2.10 
The 16S
Library contains over 1,500 species of bacteria
and the 28S Libraries contains over 1,100 species of
yeast and fungi.
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