Identification of microorganisms by FTIR spectroscopy: Perspectives and limitations of the method

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7111-7120

  Wenning, Mareike ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; FTIR spectroscopy; Species identification; Strain typing

Indexed keywords

CHEMOMETRICS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH QUALITY; OVER CURRENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; STRAIN TYPING; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROMETERS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

DATA ACQUISITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; MICROORGANISM; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BREVIBACTERIUM; BURKHOLDERIA; CALIBRATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KLEBSIELLA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; REFLECTOMETRY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WORKFLOW; YERSINIA;

MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84881249950     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5087-3     Document Type: Review

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