How would someone identify an unknown bacteria?
"Due to the prospect of interplanetary travel, how would you attempt to isolate and identify a bacterial infection acquired on another planet. This bacteria is unknown to use and does not appear in Bergey's or the manual of clinical microbiology."
Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "'unknown bacteria' identify planetary" to get these possible sources:
http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/elgin/genomics/Bio3055/IdUnknBacteria06.pdf
http://app1.unmc.edu/PublicAffairs/TodaySite/sitefiles/today_full.cfm?match=2069
http://www.physorg.com/news89918708.html
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In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.
I hope this helps. If not, possibly you can do your own searches with other key words. Thanks for asking.