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Use of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and a Custom Database to Characterize Bacteria Indigenous to a Unique Cave Environment (Kartchner Caverns, AZ, USA)

This work details procedures for rapid identification of bacteria using MALDI-TOF MS. The identification procedures include spectrum acquisition, database construction, and follow up analyses. Two identification methods, similarity coefficient-based and biomarker-based methods, are presented.

Chapters in this video

0:05

Title

1:46

Deposition on the MALDI Target

2:38

Mass Spectra Acquisition Using FlexControl Software

3:56

Database Construction Using Bionumerics Software

6:41

Mass Spectrum Data Analysis

8:24

Bacteria Identification with a Custom Database

9:40

Results: Similarity-coefficient-based Method Can Correctly Identify Bacteria to the Species Level

10:33

Conclusion

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