High throughput phenotyping of uropathogenic E. coli isolates with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

01-Feb-2013 - United Kingdom

UK scientists have designed a high throughput method to determine the phenotypes of the different Escherichia coli strains that cause urinary tract infections. The method couples bacterial growth requirements to Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The majority of urinary tract infections are caused by E. coli, but there are a number of different strains. Determining which strain is causing a particular infection usually requires culturing the sample, and this can take time, delaying treatment. The UK team’s method of micro-culturing bacteria from low volumes is rapid, less labour intensive and can handle 200 samples simultaneously under identical growth conditions – conditions necessary for whole organism fingerprinting.

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