Abstract
Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is currently in widespread use for the detection and identification of narcotic and explosive compounds without prior sample clean-up or concentration steps. IMS analysis is rapid, less than a minute, and sensitive, with detection limits in the nanogram to picogram range, depending on the target analyte. Our studies indicate that this technique has potential for detection of specific components of bacterial cells and for identification and differentiation of bacterial strains and species within a minute, and with no specialized test kits or reagents required. When microgram quantities of whole bacterial cells are thermally desorbed, complex positive or negative ion patterns (plasmagrams) are obtained. These plasmagrams differ reproducibly for different strains and species and for different conditions of growth, and can be used for the classification and differentiation of specific strains and species of bacteria, including pathogens. Methods for improved ion peak detection, most notably sequential sample desorption at stepped increases in temperature (programmed temperature ramping), are described.
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