Rapid Characterization of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry

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1. Rapid Characterization of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry: An Overview Catherine Fenselau and Plamen Demirev 2. Rapid Sample Preparation for Microorganism Analysis by Mass Spectrometry Franco Basile 3. Discrimination of Fungi by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Justin M. Hettick, Brett J. Green, Amanda D. Buskirk, James E. Slaven, Michael L. Kashon, and Donald H. Beezhold 4. Fungal Metabolites for Microorganism Classification by Mass Spectrometry Vladimir Havlicek and Karel Lemr 5. Rapid Profiling of Recombinant Protein Expression from Crude Cell Cultures by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-MS) Scott C. Russell 6. Detection, Differentiation and Subtyping of Botulinum Neurotoxins in Clinical Samples with Mass Spectrometry John R. Barr, Suzanne R. Kalb, and James L. Pirkle 7. Rapid Identification of Food-Borne Pathogens by Top-Down Proteomics Using MALDI-TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometry Clifton K. Fagerquist 8. Top-Down Protein Analysis and Phylogenetic Characterization of Unsequenced Bacteria Nathan J. Edwards, Colin Wynne, Avantika Dhabaria, and Catherine Fenselau 9. Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Ion Mobility Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry of Bacteria Juaneka M. Hayes, Louis C. Anderson, J. Albert Schultz, Michael Ugarov, Thomas F. Egan, Ernest K. Lewis, Virginia Womack, Amina S. Woods, Shelley N. Jackson, Robert H. Hauge, Carter Kittrell, Steve Ripley, and Kermit K. Murray 10. Single-Particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (SPAMS) for High-Throughput and Rapid Analysis of Biological Aerosols and Single Cells Matthias Frank, Eric E. Gard, Herbert J. Tobias, Kristl L. Adams, Michael J. Bogan, Keith R. Coffee, George R. Farquar, David P. Fergenson, Sue I. Martin, Maurice Pitesky, Vincent J. Riot, Abneesh Srivastava, Paul T. Steele, and Audrey M. Williams 11. Rapid Detection and Identification of Aerosolized Biological Materials, Toxins, and Microorganisms by an AP-MALDI-MS-Based System Berk Oktem, Appavu K. Sundaram, Jane Razumovskaya, Seshu K. Gudlavalleti, Thomas D. Saul, and Vladimir M. Doroshenko 12. MALDI Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Detection and Characterization of Biological Threats Nathan A. Hagan, Jeffrey S. Lin, Miquel D. Antoine, Timothy J. Cornish, Rachel S. Quizon, Bernard F. Collins, Andrew B. Feldman, and Plamen A. Demirev Editors' Biographies Author Index Subject Index