Sherlock Software

Phospholipid Fatty Acid (PLFA) analysis is a method used to categorize the microbes in a microbial community from an ecological sample. Sherlock™ Software has been used for decades to support Gas Chromatography sample analysis.
Capabilities

Sherlock software is currently supported for PLFA applications.

  • Extract microorganism sample for PLFA analysis
  • Measure the sample with GC
  • Automatically names all the PLFAs and NLFAs in a sample
  • Categorizes them by microbial origin
  • Performs biomass calculations and ratios
Biomass (nmol/g) by Microbial Type
PLFA OriginBiomass
Gram-Positive30.98
Gram-Negative59.36
AM Fungi6.59
Fungi4.62
Actinomycetes7.23
Other Eukaryote15.70
Not Assigned37.33
Total PLFA161.81

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