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Qazi F, Verma R, Redmond CE, Khalid A, O'Brien-Simpson NM, Tomljenovic-Hanic S. Real-time, label-free detection and identification of bacteria through non-invasive optical imaging. Microbes Infect 2024; 26:105263. [PMID: 38013067 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Currently, traditional and newer molecular and mass spectrometry techniques of identifying bacteria from biological samples requires lengthy sample preparation, growth and labelling/staining assays. Thus, there is a pressing clinical need for an adjunct method that accurately identifies bacteria in real time. Here we report on the evaluation of confocal microscopy for the identification of clinically important and multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria in real time, using their intrinsic fluorescence features, i.e., emission spectra and fluorescence lifetime. The results demonstrate that difference in emission spectra and fluorescence lifetimes can be used as a fingerprint for identification of 12 bacterial species and MDR strains in real-time. Photostability or time-traces of bacteria demonstrated that these parameters could be used for tracking and recording without a need for labelling. Further, dilution experiments demonstrated that using intrinsic fluorescence S. aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli bacteria can be detected and identified at clinically relevant concentrations as low as 2 × 102 CFU/mL. This non-invasive, non-labelling optical methodology may serve as the basis for development of a device that would quickly and accurately identify bacteria in biological samples. Thus, this intrinsic fluorescence technique would provide clinicians information, within minutes from sampling, to base accurate and specific treatments for patients.
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- Farah Qazi
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ACTV Research Group, Melbourne Dental School, Division of Basic and Clinical Oral Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
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- ACTV Research Group, Melbourne Dental School, Division of Basic and Clinical Oral Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Xu J, Xu J, Tong Z, Yu S, Liu B, Mu X, Du B, Gao C, Wang J, Liu Z, Liu D. Impact of different classification schemes on discrimination of proteins with noise-contaminated spectra using laboratory-measured fluorescence data. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 296:122646. [PMID: 37003145 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Biological agents are important to detect and identify with respect to environmental contamination and public health. Noise contamination in fluorescent spectra is one of the contributors to the uncertainties of identification. In order to investigate the noise-tolerant capability provided by laboratory-measured excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectra that are used as a database, fluorescence properties of four proteinaceous biotoxin samples and ten harmless protein samples were characterized by EEM fluorescence spectra, and the predicting performance of models trained by laboratory-measured fluorescence data was tested and verified from validation data with noise-contaminated spectra. By means of peak signal of noise (PSNR) as an indicator of noise levels, the potential impact of noise contaminations on the characterization and discrimination of these samples was evaluated quantitatively. Different classification schemes utilizing multivariate analysis techniques of Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Random Forest (RF), and Multi-layer Perceptron (MPL) coupled with feature descriptors of differential transform (DT), Fourier transform (FT) and wavelet transform (WT) were conducted under different PSNR values. We systematically analyzed the performance of classification schemes by the case study at 20 PSNR and by statistical analysis from 1-100 PSNR. The results show that the spectral features with EEM-WT decreased the demanding number of input variables while retaining high performances in sample classification. The spectral features with EEM-FT presented the worst performance although having the largest number of features. The distributions of feature importance and contribution were found sensitive to noise contaminations. The classification scheme of PCA prior to MPL with EEM-WT as input presented an improvement in lower PSNR. These results indicate that robust features extracted by corresponding techniques are critical to enhancing the spectral differentiation capabilities among these samples and play an important role in eliminating the noise effect. The study of classification schemes for discriminating protein samples with noise-contaminated spectra presents tremendous potential for future developments in the rapid detection and identification of proteinaceous biotoxins based on three-dimensional fluorescence spectrometry.
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- Jiwei Xu
- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, 102205, China
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- Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Optics, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, China
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Shoshanim O, Baratz A. A new fluorescence-based methodology for studying bioaerosol scavenging processes using a hyperspectral LIF-LIDAR remote sensing system. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 217:114859. [PMID: 36427632 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This paper presents a novel experimental approach to in-situ study of atmospheric phenomena such as nucleation scavenging by biological seeds, bio-droplet dehydration, and bioaerosol's particle scavenging by raindrops. Our methodology is based on the analysis of the dynamical changes of fluorescence signal. We use a remote sensing system based on a homebuilt hyperspectral laser induced fluorescence (LIF) Lidar to measure the transient back-fluorescence and backscattering signals. The spectral line shape of the transient fluorescence associated with an aerosolized tryptophan solution was first analyzed in the laboratory. It then used to study bioaerosol phase transitions between wet and dry conditions. The experiments were first conducted in a dynamic aerosol cell where we repetitively create and monitor the droplets containing bioaerosol cloud starting from its early formation till its total evaporation. The LIF-Lidar was used to simultaneously measure back-fluorescence, scattering and transmission. These measurements were synchronized with the generation of droplets containing bioaerosol and with the monitoring of aerosol's size distribution and ambient conditions. A novel optical receiver design was used to simultaneously detect both back-fluorescence polarization components. Results showed that along with droplet's evaporation process, bioaerosol's fluorescence spectrum exhibit a blue shift, known as the dynamic Stokes-shifts, of ∼2000 cm-1 and an increase in its fluorescence anisotropy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of fluorescence Stokes-shifts and anisotropy within microdroplets containing a biological solution due to wet-dry phase transitions. This method was also used to quantify scavenging of biological particle by raindrops from 100 m. It shows that valuable information can be derived from analyzing the fluorescence spectrum of bioaerosol within a cloud and demonstrate the potential of a LIF-LIDAR remote system to perform in-situ studies of scavenging processes.
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- Ofir Shoshanim
- Department of Environmental Physics, Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), Ness-Ziona, 74100, Israel.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), Ness-Ziona, 74100, Israel
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Lu HL, Su ZM, Li L, Li X. Airborne Microbial Aerosol Detection by Combining Single Particle Mass Spectrometry and a Fluorescent Aerosol Particle Sizer. Anal Chem 2022; 94:17861-17867. [PMID: 36519630 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Detection methods for microbiological aerosols based on single particle mass spectrometry (SPAMS) and a fluorescent aerosol particle sizer (FLAPS) have been developed progressively. However, they encounter interference and inefficiency issues. By merging FLAPS and SPAMS technologies, the majority of inorganic ambient aerosols may be eliminated by the FLAPS, thus resolving SPAMS' large data volume. SPAMS, on the other hand, may eliminate the secondary fluorescence interference that plagues the FLAPS. With the addition of the enhanced machine learning classifier, it is possible to extract microbial aerosol signals more precisely. In this work, a FLAPS-SPAMS instrument and a Random Forest classifier based on Kendall's correlation expansion training set approach were built. In addition to analyzing the outdoor microbial proportions, the interference components of non-microbial fluorescent particles were also examined. Results indicate that the fraction of outdoor microbial aerosols in fluorescent particles is 25.72% or roughly 2.57% of total particles. Traditional ART-2A algorithm and semi-empirical feature clustering approaches were used to identify the interference categories of abiotic fluorescent particles, which were mostly constituted of EC/OC, LPG/LNG exhaust, heavy metal organics, nicotine, vinylpyridine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and polymers, accounting for 68.51% of fluorescent particles.
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- Han Lun Lu
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Online Source Apportionment System of Air Pollution, Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- Guangdong MS Institute of Scientific Instrument Innovation, Guangzhou 510530, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Online Source Apportionment System of Air Pollution, Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Online Source Apportionment System of Air Pollution, Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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Du R, Yang D, Yin X. Rapid Detection of Three Common Bacteria Based on Fluorescence Spectroscopy. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:s22031168. [PMID: 35161912 PMCID: PMC8840577 DOI: 10.3390/s22031168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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As an important part of environmental water quality monitoring, efficient bacterial detection has attracted widespread attention. Among them, LIF (laser-induced fluorescence) technology has the characteristics of high efficiency and sensitivity for bacterial detection. To simplify the experimental process of bacterial detection, fluorescence emission spectra of E. coli (Escherichia coli) and its deactivated controls, K. pneumoniae (Klebsiella pneumoniae) and S. aureus (Staphylococcus aureus), were analyzed with fluorescence excitation by a 266 nm laser. By analyzing the results, it was found that the dominant fluorescence peaks of bacterial solutions at 335~350 nm were contributed by tryptophan, and the subfluorescence peaks at 515.9 nm were contributed by flavin; besides, K. pneumoniae and S. aureus had their own fluoresces characteristics, such as tyrosine contributing to sub-fluorescence peaks at 300 nm. The three species of bacteria can be differentiated with whole fluorescence spectrum by statistically analysis (p < 0.05), for various concentrations of aromatic amino acids and flavin in different bacteria. The experimental results also proved that the inactivation operation did not alter the spectral properties of E. coli. The indexes of fluorescence intensity and FIR (fluorescence intensity ratio, I335~350/I515.9) can be used to retrieve the bacteria concentration as well as for bacteria differentiation using the index of slopes. The detection limit of bacteria is less than ~105 cell/mL using laser induced fluorescence methods in the paper. The study demonstrated the rapid detection capability of the LIF bacterial detection system and its great potential for rapid quantitative analysis of bacteria. This may bring new insight into the detection of common bacteria in water in situ.
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- Ranran Du
- Guangdong Key Lab of Ocean Remote Sensing, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; (R.D.); (X.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangdong Key Lab of Ocean Remote Sensing, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; (R.D.); (X.Y.)
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- Guangdong Key Lab of Ocean Remote Sensing, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; (R.D.); (X.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Bhardwaj J, Hong S, Jang J, Han CH, Lee J, Jang J. Recent advancements in the measurement of pathogenic airborne viruses. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 420:126574. [PMID: 34252679 PMCID: PMC8256664 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Air-transmissible pathogenic viruses, such as influenza viruses and coronaviruses, are some of the most fatal strains and spread rapidly by air, necessitating quick and stable measurements from sample air volumes to prevent further spread of diseases and to take appropriate steps rapidly. Measurements of airborne viruses generally require their collection into liquids or onto solid surfaces, with subsequent hydrosolization and then analysis using the growth method, nucleic-acid-based techniques, or immunoassays. Measurements can also be performed in real time without sampling, where species-specific determination is generally disabled. In this review, we introduce some recent advancements in the measurement of pathogenic airborne viruses. Air sampling and measurement technologies for viral aerosols are reviewed, with special focus on the effects of air sampling on damage to the sampled viruses and their measurements. Measurement of pathogenic airborne viruses is an interdisciplinary research area that requires understanding of both aerosol technology and biotechnology to effectively address the issues. Hence, this review is expected to provide some useful guidelines regarding appropriate air sampling and virus detection methods for particular applications.
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- Jyoti Bhardwaj
- Sensors and Aerosols Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Sensors and Aerosols Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Sensors and Aerosols Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Sensors and Aerosols Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Sensors and Aerosols Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea; Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
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Doughty DC, Hill SC, Mackowski DW. Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can be partially shielded from UV radiation when in particles generated by sneezing or coughing: Numerical simulations. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER 2021; 262:107489. [PMID: 33518804 PMCID: PMC7836904 DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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UV radiation can inactivate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. However, designing effective UV germicidal irradiation (UVGI) systems can be difficult because the effects of dried respiratory droplets and other fomites on UV light intensities are poorly understood. Numerical modeling of UV intensities inside virus-containing particles on surfaces can increase understanding of these possible reductions in UV intensity. We model UV intensities within spherical approximations of virions randomly positioned within spherical particles. The model virions and dried particles have sizes and optical properties to approximate SARS-CoV-2 and dried particles formed from respiratory droplets, respectively. In 1-, 5- and 9-µm diameter particles on a surface, illuminated by 260-nm UV light from a direction perpendicular to the surface, 0%, 10% and 18% (respectively) of simulated virions are exposed to intensities less than 1/100th of intensities in individually exposed virions (i.e., they are partially shielded). Even for 302-nm light (simulating sunlight), where absorption is small, 0% and 11% of virions in 1- and 9-µm particles have exposures 1/100th those of individually exposed virions. Shielding is small to negligible in sub-micron particles. Results show that shielding of virions in a particle can be reduced by illuminating a particle either from multiple widely separated incident directions, or by illuminating a particle rotating in air for a time sufficient to rotate through enough orientations. Because highly UV-reflective paints and surfaces can increase the angular ranges of illumination and the intensities within particles, they appear likely to be useful for reducing shielding of virions embedded within particles.
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- David C Doughty
- US Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD, USA
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- US Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD, USA
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Chen S, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Guo P, Wu H, Li X, Chen H. Dual-channel mobile fluorescence lidar system for detection of tryptophan. APPLIED OPTICS 2020; 59:607-613. [PMID: 32225184 DOI: 10.1364/ao.378442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present a dual-channel mobile lidar system based on laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) for real-time standoff detection and concentration distribution analysis of tryptophan. The system employs an ultraviolet laser excitation source and signal detectors for receiving fluorescence signals within two different wavelength bands. The performed experiments measured tryptophan aerosols at two different standoff distances. Moreover, distilled water and ethanol solutions were also detected for comparison. The results show that the system can detect LIF signals of tryptophan, give early warnings, locate the diffusion sources, and monitor the variation of the aerosol concentration distribution in real time.
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Choi K, Koh YJ, Jeong YS, Chong E. Experimental Studies on the Classification of Airborne Particles Based on Their Optical Properties. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.11396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kibong Choi
- CBR Defense Technology Directorate; Agency for Defense Development (ADD); Daejeon Korea, 34060
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- CBR Defense Technology Directorate; Agency for Defense Development (ADD); Daejeon Korea, 34060
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- CBR Defense Technology Directorate; Agency for Defense Development (ADD); Daejeon Korea, 34060
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- CBR Defense Technology Directorate; Agency for Defense Development (ADD); Daejeon Korea, 34060
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Voloshina OV, Shirshin EA, Lademann J, Fadeev VV, Darvin ME. Fluorescence detection of protein content in house dust: the possible role of keratin. INDOOR AIR 2017; 27:377-385. [PMID: 27538819 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We propose a fluorescence method for protein content assessment in fine house dust, which can be used as an indicator of the hygienic state of occupied rooms. The results of the measurements performed with 30 house dust samples, including ultrafiltration experiments, strongly suggest that the fluorescence emission of house dust extracts excited at 350 nm is mainly due to protein fragments, which are presumably keratin hydrolysates. This suggestion is supported by several facts: (i) Spectral band shapes for all the samples under investigation are close and correspond to that of keratin; (ii) fluorescence intensity correlates with the total protein content as provided by Lowry assay; (iii) treatment of the samples with proteinase K, which induces keratin hydrolysis, results in fluorescence enhancement without changing fluorescence band shape; and (iv) Raman spectra of keratin and fine house dust samples exhibit a very similar structure. Based on the obtained results and literature data, we propose a hypothesis that keratin is a major substrate for fluorescence species in fine house dust, which are responsible for emission at 350-nm excitation.
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- O V Voloshina
- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Saari S, Mensah-Attipoe J, Reponen T, Veijalainen AM, Salmela A, Pasanen P, Keskinen J. Effects of fungal species, cultivation time, growth substrate, and air exposure velocity on the fluorescence properties of airborne fungal spores. INDOOR AIR 2015; 25:653-661. [PMID: 25292152 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED Real-time bioaerosol monitoring is possible with fluorescence based instruments. This study provides information on major factors that can affect the fluorescence properties of airborne fungal spores. Two fluorescence-based bioaerosol detectors, BioScout, and ultraviolet aerodynamic particle sizer (UVAPS), were used to study fluorescent particle fractions (FPFs) of released spores of three fungal species (Aspergillus versicolor, Cladosporium cladosporioides, and Penicillium brevicompactum). Two culture media (agar and gypsum board), three ages of the culture (one week, one month, and four months), and three aerosolization air velocities (5, 15, and 27 m/s) were tested. The results showed that the FPF values for spores released from gypsum were typically lower than for those released from agar indicating that poor nutrient substrate produces spores with lower amounts of fluorescent compounds. The results also showed higher FPF values with lower air velocities in aerosolization. This indicates that easily released fully developed spores have more fluorescent compounds compared to forcibly extracted non-matured spores. The FPFs typically were lower with older samples. The FPF results between the two instruments were similar, except with four-month-old samples. The results can be utilized in field measurements of fungal spores to estimate actual concentrations and compare different instruments with fluorescence-based devices as well as in instrument calibration and testing in laboratory conditions. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Fluorescence-based instruments are the only choice for real-time detection of fungal spores at the moment. In general, all fluorescence-based bioaerosol instruments are tested against known bacterial and fungal spores in laboratory conditions. This study showed that fungal species, growth substrate, age of culture, and air current exposure rate have an effect on detection efficiency of fungal spores in the fluorescence-based instruments. Therefore, these factors should be considered in the instrument calibration process. The results are also important when interpreting results of fluorescence-based field measurements of fungal spores.
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- S Saari
- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
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Redding B, Hill SC, Alexson D, Wang C, Pan YL. Photophoretic trapping of airborne particles using ultraviolet illumination. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:3630-3639. [PMID: 25836215 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.003630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We demonstrate photophoretic trapping of micron-sized absorbing particles in air using pulsed and continuous-wave (CW) ultraviolet laser illumination at wavelengths of 351 nm and 244 nm. We compared the particle trapping dynamics in two trapping geometries consisting of a hollow optical cone formed by light propagating either with or against gravity. This comparison allowed us to isolate the influence of the photophoretic force from the radiative pressure and the convective forces. We found that the absorbing spherical particles tested experienced a positive photophoretic force, whereas the spatially irregular, non-spherical particles tested experienced a negative photophoretic force. By using two trapping geometries, both spherical and non-spherical absorbing particles could be trapped and held securely in place. The position of the trapped particles exhibited a standard deviation of less than 1 µm over 20 seconds. Moreover, by operating in the UV and deep-UV where the majority of airborne materials are absorptive, the system was able to trap a wide range of particle types. Such a general purpose optical trap could enable on-line characterization of airborne particles when coupled with interrogation techniques such as Raman spectroscopy.
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