Research Article

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

Figure 2

FTIR spectra of control uninfected Vero cells, infected Vero cells with HSV-1, pure E. coli bacteria, Vero cells contaminated with E. coli, pure Candida albicans fungi, and Vero cells contaminated with Candida albicans at the following regions: (a) 1070–980 cm−1, (b) 1385–1360 cm−1, and (c) 1670–1620 cm−1. Data are means of 10 different and separate experiments for each sample.
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