1 Rapid Characterization of Microorganisms by Mass
Spectrometry: An Overview .................................... 1
Catherine Fenselau and Plamen Demirev
2 Rapid Sample Preparation for Microorganism Analysis by Mass
Spectrometry ................................................. 5
Franco Basile
3 Discrimination of Fungi by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry ...... 35
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 ........................................... 51
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) ..................... 61
Scott C. Russell
6 Detection, Differentiation and Subtyping of Botulinum
Neurotoxins in Clinical Samples with Mass Spectrometry ...... 83
John R. Barr, Suzanne R. Kalb, and James L. Pirkle
7 Rapid Identification of Food-Borne Pathogens by Тор-Down
Proteomics Using MALDI-TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometry ............ 99
Clifton K. Fagerquist
8 Тор-Down Protein Analysis and Phylogenetic
Characterization of Unsequenced Bacteria ................... 121
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 ............... 143
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 .................................. 161
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 ................................... 197
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 ..................... 211
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 .......................................... 225
Indexes
Author Index .................................................. 229
Subject Index ................................................. 231
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