Patent ID: 11905545
Assignee: BIOMERIEUX, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for characterizing a microorganism, comprising:
illuminating, in a wavelength range 390 nm-900 nm, the microorganism having a natural electromagnetic response in the range, wherein the illuminating covers one or more wavelength ranges, wherein the one or more wavelength ranges cover at least two distinct spectral bands whose center wavelengths are more than 50 nm apart;
acquiring, in the range, a luminous intensity reflected by, or transmitted through, the illuminated microorganism; and
determining the microorganism from the at least two distinct spectral bands whose center wavelengths are more than 50 nm apart as being a yeast or a bacterial strain, as a function of the luminous intensity acquired in the range, by applying an automated prediction model,
wherein the prediction model includes at least one class identifying the luminous intensity as belonging to a yeast and at least one class identifying the luminous intensity as belonging to a bacterial strain,
wherein the prediction model does not include a class identifying the microorganism at a species level.