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  • Colony morphology (size, color, edge, elevation, texture) is a key visual characteristic for differentiating microorganisms on culture media.
  • Accurate identification of bacterial species is crucial for clinical diagnostics and research.

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  • To develop and validate a hybrid computational method for discriminating bacterial colonies.
  • To leverage deep learning and classical machine learning for automated colony analysis.

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  • A hybrid approach combining pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Keras models with classical machine-learning models was developed.
  • The system was trained and validated using images of bacterial colonies from three species: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus, cultured on Petri plates.

Main Results:

  • The hybrid system achieved high accuracy rates in discriminating between bacterial species.
  • Specific accuracy rates included 92% for P. aeruginosa vs. S. aureus, 91% for E. coli vs. S. aureus, and 84% for E. coli vs. P. aeruginosa.

Conclusions:

  • Combining deep-learning and classical machine-learning models offers a robust strategy for accurate bacterial colony discrimination.
  • This hybrid approach demonstrates significant potential for improving automated microbial identification systems.