title: The identification of anaerobic bacteria using MALDI-TOF MS.
abstract: Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption and Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has gained more and more popularity for the identification of bacteria. Several studies show that bacterial diagnosticis is being revolutionized by the application of MALDI-TOF MS. For anaerobic bacteria, MALDI-TOF MS has been used for the identification of Prevotella spp., Fusobacterium spp., Clostridium spp., Bacteroides spp. and Gram-positive anaerobic cocci. However, to identify bacteria reliably, an extensive database is essential. For routine identification of anaerobic bacteria available databases need to be optimised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. a.c.m.veloo@med.umcg.nl
authors.forename: A C M
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Veloo
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Welling
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Degener
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000737:chemistry*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*