DocumentCode
1779588
Title
Development of an optical sensor for rapid and automatic gram classification of microorganisms
Author
Hilding Ohlsson, Astrid ; Bonetto, M.C. ; Sacco, N.J. ; Corton, E.
Author_Institution
Fac. de Cienc. Exactas y Naturales, Dept. de Quim. Biol., IQUIBICEN, Univ. de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
fYear
2014
fDate
15-18 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Based on the classical Gram staining technique we created an adapted protocol so it could be used in bacterial suspensions for Gram positive and negative bacteria. The differences between these two types are determined by spectrophotometry. This is a rapid and low cost procedure to classify bacteria.
Keywords
biological techniques; microorganisms; microsensors; protocols; spectrophotometry; suspensions; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; automatic Gram classification; bacterial suspension; classical Gram staining technique; microorganisms; optical sensor; protocol; spectrophotometry; Bleaching; Crystals; Fluorescence; Microorganisms; Optical sensors; Protocols; Suspensions; Gram; bacteria classification; rapid; sensor; staining;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sensors (IBERSENSOR), 2014 IEEE 9th Ibero-American Congress on
Conference_Location
Bogota
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-6835-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IBERSENSOR.2014.6995522
Filename
6995522
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