NewsBites: Accurate Identification of Aspergillus Species using Rapid Laser Technology

Submitted by Aspergillus Administrator on 7 July 2011

Traditional identification of Aspergillus species relies upon skilled eyes scanning microscope slides and is prone to error. The authors of this paper utilise MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to develope a reference spectra which achieves 100% accuracy distinguishing 28 clinically relevant species.
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