Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry ... use genome reference sequences to characterize and identify microorganisms. However ...

McKenzie (Imperial), uses mass spectrometry ... to enable the regular use of the new method in clinical practice. According to the researchers, a total of over 1,400 bacterial pathogens are ...

Bacteria are a convenient source of intrinsic marker proteins, which can be detected efficiently by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The patterns of ...