Bacterial Identification by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

Types of Mass Spectrometry

February 2012

Mass spectrometry requires an ion source, mass analyzer, and detector. There are multiple possible ion sources. In the past, ionization required molecules in the gas phase, limiting analysis to volatile compounds or those that could be rendered volatile. Large nonvolatile polar molecules, such as proteins, were not easily analyzed and, therefore, mass spectrometry was not used for protein analysis. With the arrival in the late 1980s of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization, mass spectrometry based on microbial proteomics became possible. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization is a soft ionization technique allowing molecules to remain relatively intact during ionization. Proteins can be measured as little protein fragmentation occurs. Following ionization, the ions are separated, enabling measurement of mass. Using the approach covered in today’s presentation, ions are separated by time of flight in a flight tube.

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• Introduction
• Objectives
• How Does Mass Spectrometry Work?
• Types of Mass Spectrometry
• Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
• Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry - Bruker Biotyper
• Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
• Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
• Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
• Time of Flight
• Mass Spectrum Generated Compared with Library (Database)
• Commercial MALDI TOF Systems for Microbial Identification
• MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry Preparatory Extraction*
• Bacterial Identification by Mass Spectrometry
• Bacterial Identification by MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry¹
• Bruker Biotyper MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry versus BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli²
• Bruker Biotyper MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometer versus BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli²
• Bruker Biotyper MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometer versus BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli²
• Bruker Biotyper MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometer versus BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli²
• Bruker Biotyper MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometer versus BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli²
• Bruker Biotyper MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometer versus BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli²
• Identification of Gram-Positive Cocci by Bruker Biotyper Mass Spectrometry³
• Identification of Gram-Positive Cocci by Bruker Biotyper Mass Spectrometry³
• Gram-Positive Cocci³
• Gram-Positive Cocci³
• Misidentification by Bruker Biotyper³
• MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry: Strengths
• MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry: Limitations
• Bacteriology Laboratory Workflow Today
• Workflow with Mass Spectrometry
• References
• Acknowledgments
• Questions