Research Article

Reagentless Bacterial Identification Using a Combination of Multiwavelength Transmission and Angular Scattering Spectroscopy

Table 6

The mean (2 SD) and range values of the characteristics of the multiwavelength angular scattering spectra of clinical isolates of target organisms.

OrganismRatio 2Ratio 1

E. coli ()
−0.12: −0.04

−0.75: −0.40

−163: −137

−92: −67

0.9: 1.4

−1.3: −1.1
K. pneumoniae ()
−0.11: −0.0

−0.65 : −0.42

−178 : −140

−97 : −66

0.9: 1.3

−1.3 : −1.0
P. aeruginosa ()
−0.14 : −0.04

−0.77 : −0.58

−212 : −190

−106 : −92

0.7: 1.2

−1.2 : −1.1
S. aureus ()
−0.19 : −0.03

−0.67 : −0.09

−176 : −116

−99 : −57

1.4 : 3.8

−2.3 : −1.3
CNS ()
−0.14 : −0.02

−0.40 : −0.12

−212 : −190

−105 : −57

1.4 : 2.7

−1.8 : −1.2
E. faecalis ()
−0.14 : −0.09

−0.77 : −0.42

−158 : −116

−88 : −62

1.1 : 1.7

−1.4 : −1.1