Chemometric Classification of L‐Tryptophan Lots from Genetically Modified Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strains

Four types of L-tryptophan lots produced by genetically modified B. myloliquefaciens strains II-V, which consisted of case-associated (11) with manifestations of EMS, control (16), and other lots (11), were compared by multivariate computer recognition programs (chemometrics) including HCA, PCA, KNN and SIMCA, as well as PLS. In HCA data analysis lots from strains III and V formed discrete clusters, and in PCA and SIMCA, both lots formed separated groups. Lots from strains II and IV were included in a group of lots from strain III. This indicated strains II and IV too were closely related to strain III. When strain vs case-associated control or other lots were compared by four methods, SIMCA provided adequate strain separation and strains were well grouped in case-associated or control lots.