Microbiology, veterinary medicine, and other researchers from Europe and the US provide nine chapters on the application MALDI-TOF (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight) mass spectrometry in various areas of microbiology--clinical and veterinary diagnostic laboratories, food microbiology, environmental microbiology, and strain collections--and impacts on laboratory practice and patient outcomes. Included is discussion of the use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in challenging microbial groups like yeast and anaerobic bacteria and new applications like microbial typing, DNA analysis, and the detection of antibiotic resistance. Distributed in the US by Book Systems Plus. Annotation 2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
