Identification of wheat varieties using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry and an artificial neural network

Author(s):  
Helle Aagaard Bloch ◽  
Can Keşmir ◽  
Marianne Petersen ◽  
Susanne Jacobsen ◽  
Ib Søndergaard
2000 ◽  
Vol 66 (11) ◽  
pp. 4720-4724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Magnuson ◽  
James H. Owens ◽  
Catherine A. Kelty

ABSTRACT Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was used to investigate whole and freeze-thawed Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. Whole oocysts revealed some mass spectral features. Reproducible patterns of spectral markers and increased sensitivity were obtained after the oocysts were lysed with a freeze-thaw procedure. Spectral-marker patterns forC. parvum were distinguishable from those obtained forCryptosporidium muris. One spectral marker appears specific for the genus, while others appear specific at the species level. Three different C. parvum lots were investigated, and similar spectral markers were observed in each. Disinfection of the oocysts reduced and/or eliminated the patterns of spectral markers.


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