Journal of Oral Science Research ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (9): 794-799.DOI: 10.13701/j.cnki.kqyxyj.2021.09.006

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Rapid Identification of Oral Pathogens Microorganism Based on Single-cell Raman

LI Shanshan1, SUN Yanfei1, GUO Yi2, YANG Fang1,3*   

  1. 1. School of Stomatology, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China;
    2. Department of Computer Science and Technology, the Key Laboratory of Embedded System and Service Computing, Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;
    3. Stomatology Center, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
  • Received:2021-02-18 Online:2021-09-28 Published:2021-09-16

Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the efficiency of single-cell Raman technique for rapid classification of three kinds of oral pathogens microorganism. Methods: Streptococcus mutans UA159, Candida albicans ATCC10231, and Enterococcus faecalis ATCC29212 were cultured in each medium respectively until the stationary phase. Cells were sampled and treated as below: (1) inoculated culture was monitored by the optical density at 600 nm to measure bacterial growth. (2) inoculated culture was sampled at logarithmic and stationary phase respectively to measure the Raman spectra. Results: Firstly, the logarithmic phase and stationary phase of three strains could be rapidly distinguished by Raman technique. And the classification accuracy rates of random forest were 99.6%, 99.86%, and 99.60%. Secondly, Raman based method could discriminate different oral microbes in stationary phase, and the specificity in classification was 99.68%. Lastly, Raman biomarkers for the classification were 1126-1128 cm-1 (protein), 736-744 cm-1 (thymine), 1330-1440 cm-1 (lipid), 778-785 cm-1 (cytosine, uracil), 1001-1003 cm-1 (phenylalanine), and 1431-1481 cm-1 (Marker protein 1451), respectively. Conclusion: Single-cell Raman could be used to differentiate between growth phases of a single species and strain types of difference species.

Key words: single-cell raman spectroscopy, oral pathogens microorganism, identification, random forest, PCA