Until recently, microbial identification in clinical diagnostic laboratories has mainly relied on
conventional phenotypic and gene sequencing identification techniques. The development …

The microbiological management of patients with suspected bacterial infection includes the
identification of the pathogen and the determination of the antibiotic susceptibility. These …

Aspergillus comprises a diverse group of species based on morphological, physiological
and phylogenetic characters, which significantly impact biotechnology, food production …

Penicillium is a diverse genus occurring worldwide and its species play important roles as
decomposers of organic materials and cause destructive rots in the food industry where they …

When non-mass spectrometrists are talking about mass spectrometry it rather often sounds
as if they were telling a story out of Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagi-tion. Indeed, mass …

Abstract I. Introduction 157 II. MALDI‐TOF Spectra of Biomarkers 158 III. Instrumentation 158
IV. Sample Introduction 160 V. Preparation of Microorganism Samples for MALDI Analysis …

MALDI-TOF-mass spectrometry (MS) has been successfully adapted for the routine
identification of microorganisms in clinical microbiology laboratories in the past 10 years …

Abstract I. Introduction 172 II. Bacterial RNA and DNA 174 III. Recombinant Proteins 175 IV.
Protein Identification 176 V. Proteomics 178 VI. Other Applications that Involve Cellular …

Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF MS) is
increasingly used by clinical microbiology laboratories to cope with the need for rapid, cost …

Background MALDI-TOF MS recently emerged as a valuable identification tool for bacteria
and yeasts and revolutionized the daily clinical laboratory routine. But it has not been …