Maximising the potential for bacterial phenotyping using time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry with multivariate analysis and Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Journal article, 2014

The increasing trend towards bacteria becoming resistant to current antibiotic treatments is of great concern to the healthcare industry with severe potential consequences for society as a whole. In many cases, it is the interaction of the antibacterial agent with the targets within the bacterial envelope of the microorganism that is a critical factor. Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is uniquely capable of probing the chemistry in this region. This study aimed at optimising sample preparation and data pre-processing for bacterial analysis with ToF-SIMS and principal components analysis to study small chemical differences related to changes in bacterial phenotype that will help to find new antibiotics and understand how antibiotics are trafficked in the bacteria. ToF-SIMS analysis was performed using a J105 instrument equipped with a 40 kV C60+ ion source. Combination of positive and negative ion mode data enhanced the multivariate model quality regarding classification and aided chemical identification particularly when coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

ToF-SIMS

multivariate analysis

time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

tandem

MSMS

PCA

bacteria

Author

Patrick M. Wehrli

University of Gothenburg

Erika Lindberg

University of Gothenburg

Tina B. Angerer

University of Gothenburg

Agnes E Wold

University of Gothenburg

Johan Gottfries

University of Gothenburg

John Fletcher

University of Gothenburg

Surface and Interface Analysis

0142-2421 (ISSN) 1096-9918 (eISSN)

Vol. 46 1 173-176

Subject Categories

Analytical Chemistry

Microbiology

DOI

10.1002/sia.5505

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