1. Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Author
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Laurence Mariey, J. Travert, Caroline Amiel, M. C. Curk-Daubie, P. Pichon, and D. Lefier
- Subjects
chemistry.chemical_compound ,Clostridium ,biology ,Chemistry ,Microorganism ,Lactobacillus ,Listeria ,Bacillus ,Food science ,biology.organism_classification ,Enterobacteriaceae ,Bacteria ,Lactic acid - Abstract
For 10 years FTIR has been proposed as a rapid method for identification of microorganisms [1]. Several studies have been published concerning different genera of bacteria like Clostridium, Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, Enterobacteriaceae [2], Lactobacillus [3], Listeria [4], or more recently Bacillus [5] and Coryneform Bacteria [6]. We are interested in food industry, and more particularly in characterizing strains of lactic acid bacteria involved in cheese manufacturing. We propose a FTIR method for a rapid identification of these bacteria. We point out that this method is able to identify spectra of different origins.
- Published
- 1999