Issue 119, 2015

Coupling dye-integrated polymeric membranes with smartphone detection to classify bacteria

Abstract

We report the use of a colorimetric plastic-based device to discriminate four pathogenic bacteria: Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus vulgaris, Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli. The colour changes of the plastic membranes were analysed with RGB values extracted from dye-integrated polymeric membrane images obtained with a smartphone and used as input data for non-supervised pattern recognition methods.

Graphical abstract: Coupling dye-integrated polymeric membranes with smartphone detection to classify bacteria

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Sep 2015
Accepted
05 Nov 2015
First published
10 Nov 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 97962-97965

Author version available

Coupling dye-integrated polymeric membranes with smartphone detection to classify bacteria

L. Bueno, A. Cottell, S. M. Reddy and T. R. L. C. Paixão, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 97962 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA19874G

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