Chemotaxonomic differentiation between the Bacillus cereus group and Bacillus subtilis by phospholipid extracts analyzed with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-199

  Black, Gavin E ^a   Snyder, A Peter ^a   Heroux, Karen S ^b  

^a Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacilli; Electrospray; Fatty acids; Phospholipids; Tandem mass spectrometry; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030972126     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(97)00980-9     Document Type: Article

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