Characterization of micrococcus strains isolated from indoor air

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Kooken, Jennifer M ^a   Fox, Karen F ^a   Fox, Alvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air; MALDI TOF MS; Mass spectrometry; Micrococcus; Peptide markers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCUS; PEPTIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84855940638     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: 10961194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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