Monitoring the Bacterial Response to Antibiotic and Time Growth Using Near-infrared Spectroscopy Combined with Machine Learning

Vi Khanh Truong, James Chapman, Daniel Cozzolino

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Abstract

Assessing and monitoring the growth and response of bacteria to antibiotics is of crucial importance in research laboratories, as well as in food, environment, medical, and pharmaceutical industrial applications. In this study, Escherichia coli was chosen as the model microorganism to evaluate its response (e.g., growth) to a commercial antibiotic—tetracycline. Thus, the objective of this work was to explore the ability of NIR data combined with machine learning tools (e.g., partial least squares discriminant analysis) to monitor the response and growth of Escherichia coli cultured with different concentrations of tetracycline (ranging from 0 to 50 μg/mL). This study demonstrated a novel method capable of analyzing samples of a complex matrix, while still contained in a 96-well plate. This work will pave the way as a new machine learning method to detect resistance changes in microorganisms without the laborious and, in some cases, time-consuming protocols currently in use in research and by the industry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1394-1401
Number of pages8
JournalFood Analytical Methods
Volume14
Issue number7
Early online date19 Feb 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antibiotic
  • Escherichia coli
  • Machine learning
  • NIR

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