Detection of Biological Agents for the Prevention of Bioterrorism /
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| Format: | eBook | 
| Language: | English | 
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      Dordrecht :
        Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
    
      2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011. | 
| Series: | NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
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                Table of Contents: 
            
                  - Preface
 - Broadband analysis of bioagents by mass spectrometry
 - Hollow-fiber flow field-flow fractionation for mass spectrometry: from proteins to whole bacteria
 - Mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry for protein biomarker discovery and bacterial speciation
 - Intact cell/spore mass spectrometry of fusarium macro conidia for fast isolate and species differentiation
 - Bacteriophage amplification-coupled detection and identification of bacterial pathogens
 - Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometric analysis of bacillus anthracis: from fingerprint analysis of the bacterium to quantification of its toxins in clinical samples
 - Microorganism identification based on MALDI-TOF MS fingerprints
 - Mass spectrometric detection of botulinum neurotoxin by measuring its activity in serum and milk
 - Functional assays for ricin detection
 - Challenges of detecting bioterrorism agents in complex matrices
 - DESI-MS/MS of chemical warfare agents and related compounds
 - Mass spectrometry applications for the identification and quantitation of biomarkers resulting from human exposure to chemical warfare agents
 - Applications of mass spectrometry in investigations of alleged use of chemical warfare agents
 - Mass spectrometry for the analysis of low explosives
 - Identification of the bacterial cellular lipid fraction by using fast GC × GC-MS and innovative MS libraries
 - Endotoxins in environmental and clinical samples assessed by GC-tandem MS
 - Imaging mass spectrometry
 - 2 and 3d TOF-SIMS imaging for biological analysis
 - Application of mass spectrometry for the analysis of vitellogenin, a unique biomarker for xenobiotic compounds
 - Mass spectrometry as a powerful analytical technique for the structural characterization of synthesized and natural products.