Article
Rapid identification using pyrolysis mass spectrometry and artificial neural networks of Propionibacterium acnes isolated from dogs.
The Journal of applied bacteriology - 1 Feb 1994
Goodacre R, Neal M J, Kell D B, Greenham L W, Noble W C, Harvey R G
Abstract excerpt
Curie-point pyrolysis mass spectra were obtained from reference Propionibacterium strains and canine isolates. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) were trained by supervised learning (with the back-propagation algorithm) to recognize these strains from their pyrolysis mass spectra; all the strains isolated from dogs were identified as human wild type P. acnes. This is an important nosological discovery, and...
Topics
- Animals
- Dogs
- Genetic Variation
- Hot Temperature
- Mass Spectrometry
- Multivariate Analysis
- Neural Networks, Computer
- Propionibacterium acnes
- Species Specificity