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

Claim 23:
24. The system as claimed in claim 23, configured for implementing a method for characterizing a microorganism, comprising determining the microorganism as being a bacterial strain as a function of the luminous intensity acquired in the range, and further determining the microorganism as being a yeast or a bacterial strain, as a function of the luminous intensity acquired in the range,
the method further comprising detection of the Gram type and of the fermenting character of a bacterial strain, comprising:
illuminating, in a wavelength range 390 nm-900 nm, at least one bacterium of the strain 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 bacterium; and
determining the Gram type and the fermenting character of the bacterial strain as a function of the luminous intensity acquired in the range.