Laser-Based Detector (LBD) for on-line identification of pathogens of especially dangerous infectious diseases and other biological materials
This paper reports the results of development and testing of Laser-Based Detector (LBD) for on-line identification of pathogens of especially dangerous infectious diseases and other biological materials. The results of testing the detector are presented. The assessment of its performance potential to identify vaccinal strains (Bacillus Cereus, Bacillus Anthracis, Escherichia Coli, Brucella Abortus, Bacillus Subtilis, Yersinia Pestis, Salmonella Enteritidis) in pure and mixed cultures at varying concentrations on-line are presented. The LBD was tested with the use of wireless communications. On-line identification of specific biological organisms, in a semi-automated process without reagents has given promising results (92%). Sensitivity of this method for amino acid and proteins was demonstrated to be close to 1 ng/ml.