MicrobialTrack MALDI-TOF MS Microbial Identification Software Interview with Yuji Sekiguchi Ph.D.

Overview

MicrobialTrack is a new analytical platform for MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of prokaryotic microorganisms. A vast database of theoretical prokaryotic protein masses predicted from genome sequences and an original identification algorithm enable the rapid identification of a wide range of microbial species, independent of culture conditions or MALDI-TOF MS models. In addition to identification results, MicrobialTrack conducts a detailed mass spectral analysis using theoretical protein masses to assign proteomic information.