Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Bacterial Detection in the Dairy Industry

[EN] This article discusses the use of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with multivariate classification methods for detecting bacterial contamination in milk in the dairy industry. In the first experiment, the study found that NIR was accurate and reliable in detecting the presence of biof...

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Autores: Allende Prieto, Cristina, Fernández, Lucía, Agún, Seila, Rodríguez Gonzálvez, Pablo, Martínez, Beatriz, García, Pilar, Rodríguez, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Ajuntament de Barcelona
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/17529
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17529
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ingenierías
Bacteria
Biofilm
Dairy industry
Milk contamination
Spectroscopy
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Sumario:[EN] This article discusses the use of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with multivariate classification methods for detecting bacterial contamination in milk in the dairy industry. In the first experiment, the study found that NIR was accurate and reliable in detecting the presence of biofilms in milk. Our results showed that the technology was effective in distinguishing between contaminated and uncontaminated samples with an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) greater than 99%. It was also effective in classifying the samples belonging to different strains. In a second experiment, we used the same methodology to assess their effectiveness in detecting bacterial contamination proportions in milk. Our results showed that the technology was effective in classifying milk samples contaminated with four different bacteria and uncontaminated controls with an AUC greater than 97%. Moreover, results were still good when data from all bacteria were analyzed together, even at low bacterial concentrations, obtaining an average precision of 70%. These results demonstrate the potential of this technology to be used as a rapid and accurate method for identifying bacterial contamination in the dairy sector.