Anvendelse af MALDI-TOF-massespektrometri og en brugerdefineret database til Karakterisere Bakterier Indfødte til en unik Cave Miljø (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.