MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and identification of new bacteria species in air samples from Makkah, Saudi Arabia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Yasir, Muhammad ^b   Azhar, Esam I ^b   Papadioti, Anastasia ^a   Bibi, Fehmida ^b   Aburizaiza, Asad S ^b   Metidji, Sarah ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^c   Ashshi, Ahmad M ^d   Hassan, Ahmed M ^b   Harakeh, Steve ^b   Gautret, Philippe ^e   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e North Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Air contamination; Hajj season; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; New bacteria species; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928804756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-892     Document Type: Article

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