The Sherlock® Microbial Identification System with Optional Sherlock® DNA Sequencing Software

The Sherlock software and libraries are used worldwide for automated microbial identification in clinical, environmental and biodefense laboratories. This software can be used to analyze both microbial fatty acid data from Agilent's Gas Chromatographs (GC) and 16S/28S DNA Sequence 
data from any DNA sequencer manufacture. 

The Sherlock Software includes programs for the operation of the GC, automatic calibration and peak naming, data storage, and comparison of the unknown fatty acid profile to one or more of our validated libraries using Sherlock's pattern recognition algorithms. 

Sherlock DNA allows the user to input unknown 16S & 28S rRNA microbial consensus sequence data into the Sherlock Software for comparison to our validated DNA libraries, phylogenetic and neighbor-joining tree analysis, library creation and the industry's first DNA / fatty acid combined report. Any DNA Sequencer brand can be used.

While the Base Sherlock Software includes Data Export, Analysis and the Rapid Aerobic Bacteria Library, additional software and library options are available for your own customized needs. 

• Anaerobe and Yeast Libraries
• Instant FAME Libraries and Startup Kits
• Sherlock Tracker/ Cluster Software
• Sherlock Electronic Records and Signatures (21CFR Part 11)
• Sherlock Library Generation Software
• Sherlock DNA Sequencing Software

Though the software has been traditionally used for microbial identification purposes, there are customers using the MIDI Pattern Recognition and Library Generation tools for food and flavor analysis, as well as for work in biofuels.

Contact MIDI to see if our software fits the needs of your application.