Table 3 Kruskal-Walis test to evaluate the discriminative power of the mVOCs
From: Use of GC-IMS for detection of volatile organic compounds to identify mixed bacterial culture medium
Comparisons | Culture methods | Dot ID and the largest P value in a certain comparison |
|---|---|---|
EC-TH EC + SA-SA EC + PA-PA EC + SA + PA-SA + PA | Direct | #4: 0.002; #5: 0.019; #6: 0.034; #7: 0.003 |
Indirect | #4: 0.013; #7: 0.041; #8: 0.023 | |
SA-TH SA + EC-EC SA + PA-PA SA + EC + PA-EC + PA | Direct | #10: 0.002; #11: 0.000 |
Indirect | #9: 0.005; #10: 0.049; #11: 0.003; #27: 0.028; #32: 0.010; #34: 0.015; #35: 0.007 | |
PA-TH PA + EC-EC PA + SA-SA PA + EC + SA-EC + SA | Direct | #1 - #3: 0.000; #13: 0.000; #15 - #21: 0.000; #22: 0.004 |
Indirect | #17: 0.000; #19: 0.001; #20: 0.006; #23: 0.000; #24: 0.001; #25: 0.000 |