Teaching Microbial Identification with Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and Bioinformatics Tools

Ever since the first observation of “animalcules” under a microscope, and the subsequent discovery of microorganisms of myriad size, shape, pigmentation and motility modes, classification in aid of microbial identification is key to understanding inter-relationships between diverse microbes. Combini...

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Main Author: Wenfa Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v14i1.494