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Leptospira spp. strain identification by MALDI TOF MS is an equivalent tool to 16S rRNA gene sequencing and multi locus sequence typing (MLST).
BMC microbiology - 27 Aug 2012
Rettinger Anna, Krupka Inke, Grünwald Karola, Dyachenko Viktor, Fingerle Volker, Konrad Regina, Raschel Heribert, Busch Ulrich, Sing Andreas, Straubinger Reinhard K, Huber Ingrid
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BACKGROUND: In this study mass spectrometry was used for evaluating extracted leptospiral protein samples and results were compared with molecular typing methods. For this, an extraction protocol for Leptospira spp. was independently established in two separate laboratories. Reference spectra were created with 28 leptospiral strains, including pathogenic, non-pathogenic and intermediate strains. This set of...
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