Bioaerosol mass spectrometry for rapid detection of individual airborne mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra particles
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An evaluation on the single-particle laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, in the form of bioaerosol mass spectrometry (BAMS) was made as a rapid detector for individual airborne, micron-sized, Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra particles. The BAMS mass spectral signatures for aerosolized Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra particles were found to be distinct from Mycobacterium smegmatis, Bacillus atrophaeus and Bacillus cereus particles.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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Mechanism of augmentation of organotin decomposition by ferripyochelin: Formation of hydroxyl radical and organotin-pyochelin-iron ternary complex
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Significant augmentation of triphenyltin (TPT) decomposition by ferripyochelin (FePCH), the chelating compound of pyochelin (PCH) with iron, is demonstrated in Tris-HCl buffer (pH8.0). The generation of hydroxyl radical (HO.) in the presence of FePCH is observed.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2006
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