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US 2015/0147776 A1Published application
Mass spectrometry analysis of microorganisms in samples
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorsRobert Graham Cooks, Ahmed Mohamed Hamid, Alan Keith Jarmusch, Zheng Ouyang
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Abstract
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of microorganisms in samples.
Claims21
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A method for analyzing a mammalian sample for presence of a microorganism, the method comprising:
- obtaining a mammalian sample comprising a microorganism;
- contacting the sample to a porous material;
- generating ions of the microorganism from the porous material;
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- analyzing the ions, thereby analyzing the sample for the presence of the microorganism.
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A method for analyzing a mammalian sample for presence of a microorganism, the method comprising:
- contacting a mammalian sample comprising a microorganism to a porous material;
- generating one or more mass spectra using a mass spectrometer;
- comparing the one or more mass spectra to a database that comprises mass spectra of known organisms, wherein a match between a mass spectra generated from the sample with a mass spectra in the database identifies the presence of a microorganism in the sample.
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