supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2008ZX10207);the Innovation Method Fund of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant Nos. 2008IM022000 and 2009IM030300);the National Science and Technology Support Program (Grant No. 2008BAK41B0)
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been used for many years to rapidly identify whole bacteria. However, no consistent methodology exists for the rapid iden...