Software package IR Biotyper 4.0

SW-Package IR Biotyper^® 4.0 (# 1895589) for microbial strain typing. Bruker’s IR Biotyper^® consists of an industry leading Infrared Spectrometer and a new dedicated subtyping software version 4.0. The IR Biotyper software version 4.0 was developed by Bruker’s microbiology experts with a clear focus on performance and ease of use. Several statistical algorithms for unsupervised and supervised analysis are available for in depth data interpretation. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) are integral part of this software solution. In addition, supervised classification by an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) can be used to build statistical models of known isolates (training set) which can be used to rapidly classify unknown isolates (test set). Classification results can be displayed also during the IR Biotyper^® acquisition run (after a spot is measured) in a green/yellow/red color coding. The IR Biotyper software provides clear visualization of results in different formats, providing different perspectives. Results can be presented as a dendrogram tree, distance matrix or as 2D and 3D scatter plots. Epidemiological and infection control studies are highly depending on metadata as well. This can be biological metadata: MLST, PFGE, virulence factors, resistances, etc. or circumstantial metadata: location, isolation date, matrix, etc. The IR Biotyper software can handle an unlimited number of metadata for statistical analysis and these data can be added at any point in time, not only before the analysis. The IR Biotyper® software 4.0 can export data to a LIMS. In addition, this software can import MALDI Biotyper^® identifications runs, which can be used to set up acquisition runs in the IR Biotyper^® software. These IR Biotyper^® run results can then be exported to a LIMS.

Not for use in clinical diagnostic procedures. Please contact your local representative for availability in your country.