# How to Use MicrobeNet to Identify Pathogens from Phenotype Tests and 16S Sequence

MicrobeNet is a free online database of rare and unusual pathogens that is curated by CDC experts. Laboratory scientists anywhere in the world can run diagnostic tests and match their results against CDC's unique collection of pathogens in MicrobeNet. In this video, CDC’s microbiologist Jessica Pryor demonstrates how to search the MicrobeNet database to identify pathogens based on either biochemical panel results or 16S ribosomal RNA sequence.

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2017
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_Use_MicrobeNet_to_Identify_Pathogens_from_Phenotype_Tests_and_16S_Sequence.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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