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Introducing a Cell-Free Approach for the Identification of Brewing Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Strains Using MALDI-TOF MS
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Introducing a Cell-Free Approach for the Identification of Brewing Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Strains Using MALDI-TOF MS

Elsa Gorre, Cathy Muste and Kevin G. Owens
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, v 29(11), pp 2248-2259
01 Nov 2018
PMID: 30088233

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Biochemical Research Methods Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Chemistry Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Life Sciences & Biomedicine Physical Sciences Science & Technology Spectroscopy Technology
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF MS) is now accepted as a quick, easy-to-use, cost-effective, and accurate technique for the identification of microorganisms. However, the successful identification of microorganisms is dependent upon careful attention to factors such as growth conditions, extraction methods, mass spectral data collection, and data analysis procedures. Currently, most microorganism identification has been limited to the species level, and only a limited number of publications have been successful in achieving strain-level identification. In this work, a cell-free approach is introduced where peptide analytes secreted by several Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains during their growth period are analyzed. The analysis of the cell supernatant generates mass spectral patterns that are specific to each strain. The patterns generated in combination with a robust data analysis workflow using the open-source programs MALDIquant and Mass-Up allows for strain-level identification of S. cerevisiae. The cell-free approach using the yeast supernatant to accurately identify yeast strains is presented here as a proof of concept.

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