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Forland BM, Hughey KD, Wilhelm MJ, Williams ON, Cappello BF, Gaspar CL, Myers TL, Sharpe SW, Johnson TJ. Optimal Spectral Resolution for Infrared Studies of Solids and Liquids. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 78:486-503. [PMID: 38404070 DOI: 10.1177/00037028241231601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Due to a legacy originating in the limited capability of early computers, the spectroscopic resolution used in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and other systems has largely been implemented using only powers of two for more than 50 years. In this study, we investigate debunking the spectroscopic lore of, e.g., using only 2, 4, 8, or 16 cm-1 resolution and determine the optimal resolution in terms of both (i) a desired signal-to-noise ratio and (ii) efficient use of acquisition time. The study is facilitated by the availability of solids and liquids reference spectral data recorded at 2.0 cm-1 resolution and is based on an examination in the 4000-400 cm-1 range of 61 liquids and 70 solids spectra, with a total analysis of 4237 peaks, each of which was also examined for being singlet/multiplet in nature. Of the 1765 liquid bands examined, only 27 had widths <5 cm-1. Of the 2472 solid bands examined, only 39 peaks have widths <5 cm-1. For both the liquid and solid bands, a skewed distribution of peak widths was observed: For liquids, the mean peak width was 24.7 cm-1 but the median peak width was 13.7 cm-1, and, similarly, for solids, the mean peak width was 22.2 cm-1 but the median peak width was 11.2 cm-1. While recognizing other studies may differ in scope and limiting the analysis to only room temperature data, we have found that a resolution to resolve 95% of all bands is 5.7 cm-1 for liquids and 5.3 cm-1 for solids; such a resolution would capture the native linewidth (not accounting for instrumental broadening) for 95% of all the solids and liquid bands, respectively. After decades of measuring liquids and solids at 4, 8, or 16 cm-1 resolution, we suggest that, when accounting only for intrinsic linewidths, an optimized resolution of 6.0 cm-1 will capture 91% of all condensed-phase bands, i.e., broadening of only 9% of the narrowest of bands, but yielding a large gain in signal-to-noise with minimal loss of specificity.
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- Brenda M Forland
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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Kilicaslan GC, Gurbanov R, Darcan C. Evaluation of copper-induced biomolecular changes in different porin mutants of Escherichia coli W3110 by infrared spectroscopy. J Biol Phys 2023:10.1007/s10867-023-09632-4. [PMID: 37010721 PMCID: PMC10397155 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-023-09632-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023] Open
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Copper (Cu), one of the heavy metals, plays a vital role in many complex biochemical reactions as a trace element. However, it often becomes toxic when its concentration in the cell exceeds a certain level. Homeostasis of metals in the cell is primarily related to regulating metal transport into and out of the cell. Therefore, it is thought that porin proteins, which have a role in membrane permeability, may also play a role in developing Cu resistance. This study identified the differences between the molecular profiles of wild-type Escherichia coli W3110 and its seven different porin mutants exposed to Cu ions using attenuated total reflectance (ATR)-Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The results showed that the absence of porin genes elicits global changes in the structure and composition of membrane lipids and proteins, in both the absence and presence of Cu. The lack of porin genes significantly elevated the amounts of fatty acids and phospholipids. When the alterations in protein secondary structures were compared, the quantity of amide I proteins was diminished by the presence of Cu. However, the amount of amide II proteins increased in porin mutant groups independent of Cu presence or absence. The DNAs are transformed from B- and Z-form to A-form due to porin mutations and the presence of Cu ions. The lack of porin genes increased polysaccharide content independent of Cu presence. This study can help characterize Cu detoxification efficiency and guide for obtaining active living cells to be used in bioremediation.
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- Gulcin Cetin Kilicaslan
- Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics TR, Bilecik, TR, 11100, Türkiye
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- Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Bilecik, TR, 11100, Türkiye.
- Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Central Research Laboratory, Bilecik, TR, 11100, Türkiye.
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- Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics TR, Bilecik, TR, 11100, Türkiye
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Levy AF, Labrador A, Knecht L, Van Dyken JD. An inexpensive, high-throughput μPAD assay of microbial growth rate and motility on solid surfaces using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli as model organisms. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0225020. [PMID: 33031388 PMCID: PMC7544059 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many microbial phenotypes are differentially or exclusively expressed on agar surfaces, including biofilms, motility, and sociality. However, agar-based assays are limited by their low throughput, which increases costs, lab waste, space requirements, and the time required to conduct experiments. Here, we demonstrate the use of wax-printed microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) to measure linear growth rate of microbes on an agar growth media as a means of circumventing the aforementioned limitations. The main production materials of the proposed μPAD design are a wax printer, filter paper, and empty pipet boxes. A single wax-printed μPAD allowing 8 independent, agar-grown colonies costs $0.07, compared to $0.20 and $9.37 for the same number of replicates on traditional microtiter/spectrophotometry and Petri dish assays, respectively. We optimized the μPAD design for channel width (3 mm), agar volume (780 μL/channel), and microbe inoculation method (razor-blade). Comparative analyses of the traditional and proposed μPAD methods for measuring growth rate of nonmotile (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and motile (flagellated Escherichia coli) microorganisms suggested the μPAD assays conferred a comparable degree of accuracy and reliability to growth rate measurements as their traditional counterparts. We substantiated this claim with strong, positive correlations between the traditional and μPAD assay, a significant nonzero slope in the model relating the two assays, a nonsignificant difference between the relative standard errors of the two techniques, and an analysis of inter-device reliability. Therefore, μPAD designs merit consideration for the development of enhanced-throughput, low-cost microbial growth and motility assays.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America
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Zhao Y, Man Y, Wen J, Guo Y, Lin J. Advances in Imaging Plant Cell Walls. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 24:867-878. [PMID: 31257154 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Understanding of cell wall architecture, including the crosslinking of cell wall polymers, provides crucial information for elucidating the relationship between cell wall structure and cell function. Moreover, examination of the cell wall informs efforts to improve biomass breakdown in bioreactor conditions. Over the past decades, imaging techniques have been used extensively to reveal the structural organization and chemical composition of cell walls, but detailed imaging of the native composition and architecture of the cell wall remains challenging. Here, we review progress in the development of cell wall imaging techniques. In particular, we focus on several advanced, label-free techniques for imaging cell walls and their potential applications in investigation of the biological functions of plant cell walls.
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- Yuanyuan Zhao
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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Stenclova P, Freisinger S, Barth H, Kromka A, Mizaikoff B. Cyclic Changes in the Amide Bands Within Escherichia coli Biofilms Monitored Using Real-Time Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy (IR-ATR). APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 73:424-432. [PMID: 30654633 DOI: 10.1177/0003702819829081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Contrary to the planktonic state of bacteria, their biofilm form represents severe complications in areas such as human medicine or food industry due to the increasing resistance against harsh conditions and treatment. In the present study, infrared attenuated total reflection (IR-ATR) spectroscopy has been applied as an analytic tool studying Escherichia coli ( E. coli) biofilm formation close to real time. We report on IR spectroscopic investigations on the biofilm formation via ATR waveguides probing the biofilm in the spectral window of 1800-900 cm-1 at dynamic flow conditions, which facilitated monitoring the growth dynamics during several days. Key IR bands are in the range 1700-1590 cm-1 (amide I), 1580-1490 cm-1 (amide II), and 1141-1006 cm-1 extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which were evaluated as a function of time. Cyclic fluctuations of the amide I and amide II bands and a continuous increase of the EPS band were related to the starvation of bottom-layered bacteria caused by the nutrient gradient. Potential death of bacteria may then result in cannibalistic behavior known for E. coli colonies. Observing this behavior via IR spectroscopy allows revealing these cyclical changes in bottom-layered bacteria within the biofilm under continuous nutrient flow, in molecular detail, and during extended periods for the first time.
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- Pavla Stenclova
- 1 Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 2 Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- 2 Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- 1 Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 3 Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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Faghihzadeh F, Anaya NM, Schifman LA, Oyanedel-Craver V. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to assess molecular-level changes in microorganisms exposed to nanoparticles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s41204-016-0001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Nogueira VC, Raniero L, Costa GB, de Freitas Coelho NPM, Miranda FC, Arisawa EÂL. Comparative Study of Morphometric and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Analyses of the Collagen Fibers in the Repair Process of Cutaneous Lesions. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle) 2016; 5:55-64. [PMID: 26862463 PMCID: PMC4742994 DOI: 10.1089/wound.2015.0641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Objective: Compare the efficacy of light-emitting diode (LED) and therapeutic ultrasound (TUS), combined with a semipermeable dressing (D), at forming collagen in skin lesions by morphometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Materials and Methods: Surgical skin wounds (2.5 cm) were created on 84 male Wistar rats divided into four groups (n=21): Group I (Control), Group II (LED), Group III (LED+D), and Group IV (US+D). On days 7, 14, and 21, the tissue samples were removed and divided into two pieces, one was used for histological examination (collagen) and the other for FT-IR. Results: The histomorphometric analysis showed no significant differences among groups for collagen deposition at 7 days. However, at 14 days, more deposition of collagen was noted in the groups LED (p<0.05) and LED+D (p<0.001) than in the control. At 21 days, the groups LED, LED+D, and US+D presented significantly greater deposition of collagen when compared with the control. The FT-IR spectra, at 14 days, LED+D had greater amounts of type I collagen, a better organization of fibers, and greater difference of mean separation between the groups, not observed at 7 and 21 days. Innovation: The histomorphometric and FT-IR analyses suggest that the association of semipermeable dressing to LED therapy and to TUS modulates biological events, increasing fibroblast/collagen response and accelerating dermal maturation. Conclusion: The histomorphometric and FT-IR analyses showed that LED therapy is more efficacious than TUS, when combined with a semipermeable dressing, and induced the collagen production in skin lesions.
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- Veruska Cronemberger Nogueira
- Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, UNIVAP, Teresina, São Paulo, Brazil
- Universidade Estadual do Piauí, UESPI, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
- Faculdade Integral Diferencial, FACID, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, UNIVAP, Teresina, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, UNIVAP, Teresina, São Paulo, Brazil
- Universidade Estadual do Piauí, UESPI, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
- Faculdade Integral Diferencial, FACID, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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Gillmaier N, Schunder E, Kutzner E, Tlapák H, Rydzewski K, Herrmann V, Stämmler M, Lasch P, Eisenreich W, Heuner K. Growth-related Metabolism of the Carbon Storage Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate in Legionella pneumophila. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:6471-82. [PMID: 26792862 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.693481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires disease, has a biphasic life cycle with a switch from a replicative to a transmissive phenotype. During the replicative phase, the bacteria grow within host cells in Legionella-containing vacuoles. During the transmissive phenotype and the postexponential (PE) growth phase, the pathogens express virulence factors, become flagellated, and leave the Legionella-containing vacuoles. Using (13)C labeling experiments, we now show that, under in vitro conditions, serine is mainly metabolized during the replicative phase for the biosynthesis of some amino acids and for energy generation. During the PE phase, these carbon fluxes are reduced, and glucose also serves as an additional carbon substrate to feed the biosynthesis of poly-3-hydroxybuyrate (PHB), an essential carbon source for transmissive L. pneumophila. Whole-cell FTIR analysis and comparative isotopologue profiling further reveal that a putative 3-ketothiolase (Lpp1788) and a PHB polymerase (Lpp0650), but not enzymes of the crotonyl-CoA pathway (Lpp0931-0933) are involved in PHB metabolism during the PE phase. However, the data also reflect that additional bypassing reactions for PHB synthesis exist in agreement with in vivo competition assays using Acanthamoeba castellannii or human macrophage-like U937 cells as host cells. The data suggest that substrate usage and PHB metabolism are coordinated during the life cycle of the pathogen.
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- Nadine Gillmaier
- From the Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Working group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens," ZBS 2, Robert Koch-Institute, Seestrasse 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany, and
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- From the Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Working group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens," ZBS 2, Robert Koch-Institute, Seestrasse 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany, and
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- Working group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens," ZBS 2, Robert Koch-Institute, Seestrasse 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany, and
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- Working group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens," ZBS 2, Robert Koch-Institute, Seestrasse 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany, and
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- ZBS 6 "Proteomics and Spectroscopy," Robert Koch-Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- ZBS 6 "Proteomics and Spectroscopy," Robert Koch-Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- From the Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany,
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- Working group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens," ZBS 2, Robert Koch-Institute, Seestrasse 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany, and
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Jeanson S, Floury J, Gagnaire V, Lortal S, Thierry A. Bacterial Colonies in Solid Media and Foods: A Review on Their Growth and Interactions with the Micro-Environment. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1284. [PMID: 26648910 PMCID: PMC4664638 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Bacteria, either indigenous or added, are immobilized in solid foods where they grow as colonies. Since the 80's, relatively few research groups have explored the implications of bacteria growing as colonies and mostly focused on pathogens in large colonies on agar/gelatine media. It is only recently that high resolution imaging techniques and biophysical characterization techniques increased the understanding of the growth of bacterial colonies, for different sizes of colonies, at the microscopic level and even down to the molecular level. This review covers the studies on bacterial colony growth in agar or gelatine media mimicking the food environment and in model cheese. The following conclusions have been brought to light. Firstly, under unfavorable conditions, mimicking food conditions, the immobilization of bacteria always constrains their growth in comparison with planktonic growth and increases the sensibility of bacteria to environmental stresses. Secondly, the spatial distribution describes both the distance between colonies and the size of the colonies as a function of the initial level of population. By studying the literature, we concluded that there systematically exists a threshold that distinguishes micro-colonies (radius < 100-200 μm) from macro-colonies (radius >200 μm). Micro-colonies growth resembles planktonic growth and no pH microgradients could be observed. Macro-colonies growth is slower than planktonic growth and pH microgradients could be observed in and around them due to diffusion limitations which occur around, but also inside the macro-colonies. Diffusion limitations of milk proteins have been demonstrated in a model cheese around and in the bacterial colonies. In conclusion, the impact of immobilization is predominant for macro-colonies in comparison with micro-colonies. However, the interaction between the colonies and the food matrix itself remains to be further investigated at the microscopic scale.
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- Sophie Jeanson
- INRA, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253, Science and Technology of Milk and EggsRennes, France
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Lobete MM, Fernandez EN, Van Impe JFM. Recent trends in non-invasive in situ techniques to monitor bacterial colonies in solid (model) food. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:148. [PMID: 25798133 PMCID: PMC4351626 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Planktonic cells typically found in liquid systems, are routinely used for building predictive models or assessing the efficacy of food preserving technologies. However, freely suspended cells often show different susceptibility to environmental hurdles than colony cells in solid matrices. Limited oxygen, water and nutrient availability, metabolite accumulation and physical constraints due to cell immobilization in the matrix, are main factors affecting cell growth. Moreover, intra- and inter-colony interactions, as a consequence of the initial microbial load in solid systems, may affect microbial physiology. Predictive food microbiology approaches are moving toward a more realistic resemblance to food products, performing studies in structured solid systems instead of liquids. Since structured systems promote microbial cells to become immobilized and grow as colonies, it is essential to study the colony behavior, not only for food safety assurance systems, but also for understanding cell physiology and optimizing food production processes in solid matrices. Traditionally, microbial dynamics in solid systems have been assessed with a macroscopic approach by applying invasive analytical techniques; for instance, viable plate counting, which yield information about overall population. In the last years, this approach is being substituted by more mechanistically inspired ones at mesoscopic (colony) and microscopic (cell) levels. Therefore, non-invasive and in situ monitoring is mandatory for a deeper insight into bacterial colony dynamics. Several methodologies that enable high-throughput data collection have been developed, such as microscopy-based techniques coupled with image analysis and OD-based measurements in microplate readers. This research paper provides an overview of non-invasive in situ techniques to monitor bacterial colonies in solid (model) food and emphasizes their advantages and inconveniences in terms of accuracy, performance and output information.
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- María M. Lobete
- Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods, Leuven, Belgium
- Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods, Leuven, Belgium
- Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods, Leuven, Belgium
- Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Reuben S, Banas K, Banas A, Swarup S. Combination of synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transforms infrared microspectroscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy to understand spatial heterogeneity in aquatic multispecies biofilms. WATER RESEARCH 2014; 64:123-133. [PMID: 25046376 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Understanding the spatial heterogeneity within environmental biofilms can provide an insight into compartmentalization of different functions in biofilm communities. We used a non-destructive and label-free method by combining Synchrotron Radiation-based Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy (SR-FTIR) with Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) to distinguish the spatial chemical changes within multispecies biofilms grown from natural storm waters in flow cells. Among the different surfaces tested for biofilm growth and optimal imaging, mylar membranes were most suited and it enabled successful spatial infrared imaging of natural biofilms for obtaining reliable and interpretable FTIR spectra. Time series analysis of biofilm growth showed that influx of water during biofilm growth, results in significant changes in biofilm formation. Early biofilms showed active nutrient acquisition and desiccation tolerance mechanisms corresponding with accumulation of secreted proteins. Statistical approach used for the evaluation of chemical spectra allowed for clustering and classification of various regions of the biofilm. Microheterogeneity was observed in the polymeric components of the biofilm matrix, including cellulose, glycocalyx and dextran-like molecules. Fructan and glycan-rich regions were distinguishable and glycocalyx was abundant in the strongly adhering peripheral regions of biofilms. Inner core showed coexistence of oxygen dimers and ferrihydrite that will likely support growth of Fe (II)-oxidising bacteria. The combined SR-FTIR microspectroscopy and CSLM approach for complex natural biofilms described here will be useful both in understanding heterogeneity of matrix components and in correlating functions of juxtaposed microbial species in complex natural biofilms with physicochemical microenvironment to which they are exposed.
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- Sheela Reuben
- Singapore Delft Water Alliance (SDWA), National University of Singapore, 2 Engineering Drive 2, Engineering Workshop 1, #02-05 Singapore 117577, Singapore
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- Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS), National University of Singapore, 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603, Singapore
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- Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS), National University of Singapore, 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603, Singapore
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- Metabolites Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore; NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), T-Lab Building, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore; Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, SBS-01N-27, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
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Responses of unsaturated Pseudomonas putida CZ1 biofilms to environmental stresses in relation to the EPS composition and surface morphology. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 30:3081-90. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-014-1735-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/31/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Maity JP, Kar S, Lin CM, Chen CY, Chang YF, Jean JS, Kulp TR. Identification and discrimination of bacteria using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 116:478-484. [PMID: 23973597 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Bacterial spectra were obtained in the wavenumber range of 4000-600 cm(-1) using FTIR spectroscopy. FTIR spectral patterns were analyzed and matched with 16S-rRNA signatures of bacterial strains OS1 and OS2, isolated from oil sludge. Specific spectral bands obtained from OS1 (FJ226761), reference strain Bacillus flexus (ATCC 49095), OS2 (FJ215874) and reference strain Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (ATCC 19861) respectively, suggested that OS1 and ATCC 49095 were closely related whereas OS2 was different. The bands probably represent groups of proteins and lipids of specific bacteria. Separate peaks found in B. flexus were similar to those of OS1. The S. maltophilia (ATCC 19861) and OS2 exhibited a similar peak at 3272 cm(-1). Amide bands (I, II and III) exhibited that OS1 and B. flexus were closely related, but were different from OS2. In the fingerprint region, peak at 1096 cm(-1) and 1360 cm(-1) exhibited the specific fingerprints of OS2 and reference strain S. maltophilia (ATCC 19861), respectively. The specific fingerprint signature was found at 1339 cm(-1) for OS1 and at 1382 cm(-1) for B. flexus ATCC 49095, allowing these two strains of B. flexus to be differentiated. This spectral signature originated from phospholipid and RNA components of the cell. Principle components analysis (PCA) of spectral regions exhibited with distinct sample clusters between Bacillus flexus (ATCC 49095), S. maltophilia (ATCC 19861), OS1 and OS2 in amide and fingerprint region.
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- Jyoti Prakash Maity
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Ming-Shung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.
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Efeoglu E, Culha M. In situ-monitoring of biofilm formation by using surface-enhanced Raman scattering. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 67:498-505. [PMID: 23643038 DOI: 10.1366/12-06896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A biofilm is a complex biochemical structure composed of microorganisms and extracellular polymeric substances used by microorganisms to adhere to each other and to surfaces. The monitoring of molecular changes during biofilm formation in situ can provide valuable insights in medicine, microbiology, and industrial processes. In this study, we investigated the characterization of biofilm produced by two model bacteria by using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) with the use of core silver (AgNPs)-shell chitosan nanoparticles (c-AgNPs), which are prepared by coating citrate-reduced AgNPs with a thin layer of chitosan averaging 10 nm. The chitosan thin film acts as porous layer and prevents the excess interactions of biological media secreted by bacteria. The two model bacteria, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus cohnii, gram positive and gram negative, respectively, were chosen for the study. The SERS spectra were acquired directly from the growth culture by simply placing c-AgNPs substrate on the biofilm formed during the growth of the bacteria for in situ monitoring. It was found that c-AgNPs are effective SERS substrates to monitor molecular changes in the biofilm during the biofilm formation.
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- Esen Efeoglu
- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yeditepe University, Atasehir, Istanbul 34755, Turkey
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) revealing chemical variation during biofilm formation: from initial attachment to mature biofilm. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 404:1465-75. [PMID: 22820905 PMCID: PMC3426672 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6225-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has recently been proved to be a promising technique for characterizing the chemical composition of the biofilm matrix. In the present study, to fully understand the chemical variations during biofilm formation, SERS based on silver colloidal nanoparticles was applied to evaluate the chemical components in the matrix of biofilm at different growth phases, including initial attached bacteria, colonies, and mature biofilm. Meanwhile, atomic force microscopy was also applied to study the changes of biofilm morphology. Three model bacteria, including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas putida, and Bacillus subtilis, were used to cultivate biofilms. The results showed that the content of carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids in the biofilm matrix increased significantly along with the biofilm growth of the three bacteria judging from the intensities and appearance probabilities of related marker peaks in the SERS spectra. The content of lipids, however, only increased in the Gram-negative biofilms (E. coli and P. putida) rather than the Gram-positive biofilm (B. subtilis). Our findings strongly suggest the SERS has significant potential for studying chemical variations during biofilm formation. Achieving surface-enhanced Raman scattering by coating silver nanoparticles on biofilm surface. ![]()
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Quilès F, Polyakov P, Humbert F, Francius G. Production of extracellular glycogen by Pseudomonas fluorescens: spectroscopic evidence and conformational analysis by biomolecular recognition. Biomacromolecules 2012; 13:2118-27. [PMID: 22686500 DOI: 10.1021/bm300497c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Glycogen is mainly found as the principal storage form of glucose in cells. Many bacteria are able to synthesize large amounts of glycogen under unfavorable life conditions. By combining infrared spectroscopy, single molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) and immuno-staining technique, we evidenced that planktonic P. fluorescens (Pf) cells are also able to produce glycogen as an extracellular polymeric substance. For this purpose, Pf suspensions were examined at 3 and 21 h of growth in nutritive medium (LB, 0.5 g/L). The conformation of the extracellular glycogen, revealed through its infrared spectral signature, has been investigated by SMFS measurements using Freely Jointed Chain model. The analysis of force versus distance curves showed over growth time that the increase of glycogen production was accompanied by an increase in glycogen contour lengths and ramifications. These results demonstrated that the production of extracellular bacterial glycogen can occur even if the cells are not subjected to unfavorable life conditions.
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- Fabienne Quilès
- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564, Villers-lès-Nancy, France.
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Bombalska A, Mularczyk-Oliwa M, Kwaśny M, Włodarski M, Kaliszewski M, Kopczyński K, Szpakowska M, Trafny EA. Classification of the biological material with use of FTIR spectroscopy and statistical analysis. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2011; 78:1221-1226. [PMID: 21257340 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2010.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Rapid detection and discrimination of dangerous biological materials such as bacteria and their spores has become a security aim of considerable importance. Various analytical methods, including FTIR spectroscopy combined with statistical analysis have been used to identify vegetative bacteria, bacterial spores and background interferants. The present work discusses the application of FTIR technique performed in reflectance mode using Horizontal Attenuated Total Reflectance accessory (HATR) to the discrimination of biological materials. In comparison with transmission technique the HATR is more rapid and do not require the sample destruction, simultaneously giving similar absorbance bands. HATR-FTIR results combined with statistical analysis PCA and HCA demonstrate that this combination provides novel and accurate microbial identification technique.
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- Aneta Bombalska
- Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.
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Alvarez-Ordóñez A, Mouwen DJM, López M, Prieto M. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a tool to characterize molecular composition and stress response in foodborne pathogenic bacteria. J Microbiol Methods 2011; 84:369-78. [PMID: 21256893 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Vibrational spectroscopy techniques have shown capacity to provide non-destructive, rapid, relevant information on microbial systematics, useful for classification and identification. Infrared spectroscopy enables the biochemical signatures from microbiological structures to be extracted and analyzed, in conjunction with advanced chemometrics. In addition, a number of recent studies have shown that Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy can help understand the molecular basis of events such as the adaptive tolerance responses expressed by bacteria when exposed to stress conditions in the environment (e.g. those that cells confront in food and during food processing). The current review gives an overview of the published experimental techniques, data-processing algorithms and approaches used in FT-IR spectroscopy to assess the mechanisms of bacterial inactivation by food processing technologies and antimicrobial compounds, to monitor the spore and membrane properties of foodborne pathogens in changing environments, to detect stress-injured microorganisms in food-related environments, to assess dynamic changes in bacterial populations, and to study bacterial tolerance responses.
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Hermelink A, Stämmler M, Naumann D. Observation of content and heterogeneity of poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) in Legionella bozemanii by vibrational spectroscopy. Analyst 2011; 136:1129-33. [DOI: 10.1039/c0an00526f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Timmusk S, van West P, Gow N, Paul Huffstutler R. Paenibacillus polymyxaantagonizes oomycete plant pathogensPhytophthora palmivoraandPythium aphanidermatum. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 106:1473-81. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04123.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hermelink A, Brauer A, Lasch P, Naumann D. Phenotypic heterogeneity within microbial populations at the single-cell level investigated by confocal Raman microspectroscopy. Analyst 2009; 134:1149-53. [DOI: 10.1039/b822574e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Samuels AC, Snyder AP, Emge DK, Amant D, Minter J, Campbell M, Tripathi A. Classification of select category A and B bacteria by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2009; 63:14-24. [PMID: 19146715 DOI: 10.1366/000370209787169867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy historically is a powerful tool for the taxonomic classification of bacteria by genus, species, and strain when they are grown under carefully controlled conditions. Relatively few reports have investigated the determination and classification of pathogens such as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Category A Bacillus anthracis spores and cells (BA), Yersinia species, Francisella tularensis (FT), and Category B Brucella species from FT-IR spectra. We investigated the multivariate statistics classification ability of the FT-IR spectra of viable pathogenic and non-pathogenic NIAID Category A and B bacteria. The impact of different growth media, growth time and temperature, rolling circle filter of the data, and wavelength range were investigated for their microorganism differentiation capability. Viability of the bacteria was confirmed by agar plate growth after the FT-IR experimental procedures were performed. Principal component analysis (PCA) was reduced to maps of two PC vectors in order to distill the FT-IR spectral features into manageable, visual presentations. The PCA results of the strains of BA, FT, Brucella, and Yersinia spectra from conditions of varying growth media and culture time were readily separable in two-dimensional (2D) PC plots. FT spectra were separated from those of the three other genera. The BA pathogenic spore strains 1029, LA1, and Ames were clearly differentiated from the rest of the dataset. Yersinia rhodei, Y. enterocolitica, and Y. pestis species were distinctly separated from the remaining dataset and could also be classified by growth media. Different growth media produced distinct subsets in the FT, BA, and Yersinia spp. regions in the 2D PC plots. Various 2D PC plots provided differential degrees of separation with respect to the four viable bacterial genera including the BA sub-categories of pathogenic spores, vegetative cells, and nonpathogenic vegetative cells. This work provided evidence that FT-IR spectroscopy can indeed separate the four major pathogenic bacterial genera of NIAID Category A and B biological threat agents including details according to the growth conditions and statistical parameters.
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- Alan C Samuels
- ECBC, Research and Technology Directorate, Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5424, USA
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Sandt C, Smith-Palmer T, Pink J, Brennan L, Pink D. Confocal Raman microspectroscopy as a tool for studying the chemical heterogeneities of biofilms in situ. J Appl Microbiol 2007; 103:1808-20. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03413.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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