Identification of Contaminated Cells with Viruses, Bacteria, or Fungi by Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy

Figure 1

FTIR spectra of control Vero cells, pure E. coli bacteria, and pure Candida albicans fungi at the following regions: (a) 600–2000 cm⁻¹, (b) 1070–980 cm⁻¹, (c) 1390–1350 cm⁻¹, and (d) 1690–1610 cm⁻¹. Data are means of 10 different and separate experiments for each sample.

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