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FT-IR Hyperspectral Imaging and Artificial Neural Network Analysis for Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria.
Identification of microorganisms by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is known as a promising alternative to conventional identification techniques in clinical, food, and environmental microbiology. In this study we demonstrate the application of FT-IR hyperspectral imaging for rapid, objective, and cost-effective diagnosis of pathogenic bacteria. The proposed method involves a relatively short cultivation step under standardized conditions, transfer of the microbial material onto suitable IR windows by a replica method, FT-IR hyperspectral imaging measurements, and image segmentation by machine learning classifiers, a hierarchy of specifically optimized artificial neural networks (ANN). For cultivation, aliquots of the initial microbial cell suspension were diluted to guarantee single-colony growth on solid agar plates. After a short incubation period when microbial microcolonies achieved diameters between 50 and 300 μm, microcolony imprints were produced by using a specifically developed stamping device which allowed spatially accurate transfer of the microcolonies' upper cell layers onto IR-transparent CaF2 windows. Dry microcolony imprints were subsequently characterized using a mid-IR microspectroscopic imaging system equipped with a focal plane array (FPA) detector. Spectral data analysis involved preprocessing, quality tests, and the application of supervised modular ANN classifiers for hyperspectral image segmentation. The resulting easily interpretable segmentation maps suggest a taxonomic resolution below the species level.
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