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ArticleJournal of mass spectrometry : JMS2016

A one-step matrix application method for MALDI mass spectrometry imaging of bacterial colony biofilms.

Bin Li, Troy J Comi, Tong Si, Sage J B Dunham, Jonathan V Sweedler

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Article in Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Bin LiDepartment of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Troy J ComiDepartment of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Tong SiDepartment of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Sage J B DunhamDepartment of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Jonathan V SweedlerDepartment of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. jsweedle@illinois.edu.

Funding

Training Program in Chemistry-Interface with BiologyT32GM070421 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HERGENROTHER, PAUL · 2005 to 2019
$5.4M
Characterization of Biofilms by Correlated Mass Spectrometric and Raman ImagingR01AI113219 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI SHROUT, JOSHUA · 2014 to 2023
$4.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI113219NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM070421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging of biofilms cultured on agar plates is challenging because of problems related to matrix deposition onto agar. We describe a one-step, spray-based application of a 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid solution for direct matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging of hydrated Bacillus subtilis biofilms on agar. Using both an optimized airbrush and a home-built automatic sprayer, region-specific distributions of signaling metabolites and cannibalistic factors were visualized from B. subtilis cells cultivated on biofilm-promoting medium. The approach provides a homogeneous, relatively dry coating on hydrated samples, improving spot to spot signal repeatability compared with sieved matrix application, and is easily adapted for imaging a range of agar-based biofilms. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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BiofilmsAgarBacillus subtilisBacteriological TechniquesGentisatesOptical ImagingSolutionsSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationAgarGentisatesSolutionsairbrushautomatic sprayerbiofilmsMALDI MSImatrix application

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PMID27476992
PMCPMC5297451

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