Differentiation of Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus safensis using MALDI-TOF-MS.

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) despite being increasingly used as a method for microbial identification, still present limitations in which concerns the differentiation of closely related species. Bacillus pumillus and Bacillus safensis, a...

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Main Authors: Raquel Branquinho, Clara Sousa, João Lopes, Manuela E Pintado, Luísa V Peixe, Hugo Osório
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4196992?pdf=render