Research Article
Reagentless Bacterial Identification Using a Combination of Multiwavelength Transmission and Angular Scattering Spectroscopy
Table 1
Comparison of SpectraWave (Claro Scientific) and Vitek-2 (bioMerieux) bacterial identification techniques.
| Item | SpectraWaveā¢ | bioMerieux Vitek-2 |
| Intended use | Bacterial identification | Bacterial identification | Sample type | Bacterial culture | Bacterial culture |
| Mode of identification | Optical profile | Microbial utilization and degradations of substrates | A priori testing required | None | Gram stain | Assay format | Reagentless algorithm based identification | Colorimetric biochemical tests | Single use/disposable | N/A | Yes | Time to results | 5 minutes | 4ā10 hours | Interpretation of test results | Automated | Automated |
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The system will be automated upon further development.
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