Rapid identification of bacillus anthracis spores in suspicious powder samples by using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5372-5383

  Dybwad, Marius ^a   van Der Laaken, Anton L ^b   Blatny, Janet Martha ^c   Paauw, Armand ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; ANTHRACIS SPORES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; END-TO-END ANALYSIS; FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION; RAPID IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; IONIZATION; POWDERS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SPORE;

EID: 84884250747     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01724-13     Document Type: Article

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