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In an attempt to discriminate and identify several bacterial species, headspace air samples above a series of bacterial cultures were interrogated using a TD-GC/MS system. Three microorganism strains with relatively low pathogenic character – Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus – were investigated during a period of 72 hours from the inoculation. Air samples with a volume of 1 L each were collected from the headspace above the bacterial cultures in agar growth medium of a 5 cm3 volume kept in 30 cm3 glass vials, in Tenax-Carbograph desorption tubes, by using a custom-built sampling unit based upon a portable air sampling pump. One sample was taken for each of the 10 different cultures of a bacterial strain, at 24, 48 and 72 hours from the incubation. The adsorption tubes were analyzed using the TD-GC/MS system and the resulting datasets – chromatograms and associated mass spectra – were used to produce a qualitative insight into the chemical profile of the headspace air above the bacterial cultures. Analysis by TD-GC/MS indicated that the chemical profile of the headspace air samples was complex and changed during the three days monitoring period; also, there appeared to be a series of chemicals specific to individual species of microorganisms.
Keywords: Microorganisms identification, bacterial chemical profile, TD-GC/MS.
Current Analytical Chemistry
Title:Discrimination of Chemical Profiles of Some Bacterial Species by Analyzing Culture Headspace Air Samples Using TD-GC/MS
Volume: 10 Issue: 4
Author(s): Ileana-Andreea Ratiu, Victor Bocos-Bintintan, Matthew Turner, Victor-Hugo Moll and Charles Lawrence Paul Thomas
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Keywords: Microorganisms identification, bacterial chemical profile, TD-GC/MS.
Abstract: In an attempt to discriminate and identify several bacterial species, headspace air samples above a series of bacterial cultures were interrogated using a TD-GC/MS system. Three microorganism strains with relatively low pathogenic character – Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus – were investigated during a period of 72 hours from the inoculation. Air samples with a volume of 1 L each were collected from the headspace above the bacterial cultures in agar growth medium of a 5 cm3 volume kept in 30 cm3 glass vials, in Tenax-Carbograph desorption tubes, by using a custom-built sampling unit based upon a portable air sampling pump. One sample was taken for each of the 10 different cultures of a bacterial strain, at 24, 48 and 72 hours from the incubation. The adsorption tubes were analyzed using the TD-GC/MS system and the resulting datasets – chromatograms and associated mass spectra – were used to produce a qualitative insight into the chemical profile of the headspace air above the bacterial cultures. Analysis by TD-GC/MS indicated that the chemical profile of the headspace air samples was complex and changed during the three days monitoring period; also, there appeared to be a series of chemicals specific to individual species of microorganisms.
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Ratiu Ileana-Andreea, Bocos-Bintintan Victor, Turner Matthew, Moll Victor-Hugo and Thomas Lawrence Paul Charles, Discrimination of Chemical Profiles of Some Bacterial Species by Analyzing Culture Headspace Air Samples Using TD-GC/MS, Current Analytical Chemistry 2014; 10 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341101004140701105219
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