Live bacteria contain a variety of intracellular biomolecules that have specific excitation and emission wavelength spectra
characterizing their intrinsic fluorescence. This paper reviews recent developed methods using bacterial intrinsic fluorescence
for identification and characterization purposes. Potential applications of such methods at the industrial level are also
addressed.
Keywords Fluorescence spectroscopy - Intrinsic fluorophores - Autofluorescence - Identification of bacteria - Bacterial metabolism - Chemometry