MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry applied to classification and identification of bacteria

Methods in Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 275-306

  Schumann, Peter ^a   Maier, Thomas ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^b BRUKER DALTONIK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Classification; Diagnostics; Identification; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Taxonomic resolution; Typing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919452663     PISSN: 05809517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.mim.2014.06.002     Document Type: Chapter

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