Title :
Detection of bacillus thuringiensis spore germination via CaDPA biomarker using laser tweezers raman spectroscopy
Author :
Huang, Shu-shi ; De Chen ; Li, Yong-qing
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA
Abstract :
We report real-time observation of nutrient-trigged germination process of single Bacillus thuringiensis spores by detection of CaDPA biomarker using laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy. The time-to-germination was heterogeneous for spores and the distribution was measured.
Keywords :
Atomic force microscopy; Biomarkers; Biomedical optical imaging; Fungi; Kinetic theory; Laser beams; Monitoring; Optical refraction; Raman scattering; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431273
