Discrimination of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria via electrospray-lonization mass spectrometry of whole cell suspensions.
Direct injection electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) without prior analyte separation was investigated for the analysis of whole cell suspensions of bacteria. Thirty-six strains of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, consisting of six Bacillus species and one Brevibacillus species, were studied
Vaidyanathan
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Institute of Biological Sciences, and Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wales, Ceredigion, UK.
Rowland
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Kell
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Goodacre
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D001407:Bacillus / Q000737:chemistry; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry*; D014461:Ultracentrifugation