Replacing a Century Old Technique-Modern Spectroscopy Can Supplant Gram Staining

Shirly Berezin, Yaron Aviv, Hagit Aviv, Elad Goldberg, Yaakov R. Tischler*

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Abstract

Rapid and accurate Gram differentiation is paramount as the first step of pathogen identification and antibiotics administration. However, the current method requires additional reagents, is time-consuming, and is operator dependent. Here we show the principle of tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) can differentiate between Gram negative and positive species, by detecting the changes in tip-enhancement in the Raman scattering from the bacteria's lipid-bilayer membrane, which specifically enhances Gram negative bacteria.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3810
JournalScientific Reports
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes

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