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Imaging mass spectrometry in microbiology

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Watrous, Jeramie D., Dorrestein, Pieter C.·2011·Nature Reviews Microbiology

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Imaging mass spectrometry tools allow the two-dimensional visualization of the distribution of trace metals, metabolites, surface lipids, peptides and proteins directly from biological samples without the need for chemical tagging or antibodies, and are becoming increasingly useful for microbiology applications. These tools, comprising different imaging mass spectrometry techniques, are ushering in an exciting new era of discovery by enabling the generation of chemical hypotheses based on the spatial mapping of atoms and molecules that can correlate to or transcend observed phenotypes. In this Innovation article, we explore the wide range of imaging mass spectrometry techniques that is available to microbiologists and describe the unique applications of these tools to microbiology with respect to the types of samples to be investigated.

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Authors
Watrous, J. D., & Dorrestein, P. C.
Affiliations
University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Dorrestein, Pieter C.
Venue
Nature Reviews Microbiology
Published
2011-08-08
Volume
9
Issue
9
Pages
683-694
ISSN
  • 1740-1526 (ISSN-L)
  • 1740-1534
OpenAlex
W2030827705
Cited by
338
References
93
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FWCI
2.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM 08326, GM094802, T32GM008283, GM08283, R01GM086283, R01GM094802, T32GM008326)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI095125, AI095125)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Keywords
mass spectrometry imaging, microbial communities, single-cell analysis, trace metals, metabolite distribution, surface lipids, peptides, proteins
MeSH terms
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Microbiology, Mass Spectrometry

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