Resumen

FLORES, Ivan et al. Use of a web expert system to facilitate the identification of glucose non fermentative gram-negative bacillus. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2007, vol.27, n.2, pp.90-94. ISSN 1315-2556.

Abstract The identification of glucose non fermentative gram-negative bacilli (NFGNB) is a complex and laborious task. In order to facilitate genera identification an Expert System (ES) was developed applying a modified C4.5 algorithm able to induce a decision tree (primary rules) for a set of genera, and the differentiation between these (complementary rules) for the identification of specific genera- The uncertainty of the system is treated by means of a certainty factors scheme. In this work the ES was put on approval using a selection of cultures of NFGNB of different origin, identified and preserved in the Venezuelan Center for Microbial Collections (CVCM): genera Achromobacter, Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Brevundimonas, Burkholderia, Chryseobacterium, Comamonas, Delftia, Moraxella, Myroides, Ochrobactrum, Oligella, Pseudomonas, Shewanella, Sphingobacterium y Stenotrophomonas. By means of the application of 11 tests (primary characteristics) an approach between several of possible genera was obtained, The suggested complementary testes (between 1 to 9) allowed great approach to the possible generas.-.The results show a coincidence of the 95.8% with the reported ones by the CVCM.  An extent of the ES for the identification of  other genera is under study

Palabras clave : web expert system; GNNFB identification.