MALDI Biotyper

Product Description

The MALDI Biotyper identifies microorganisms using MALDI-TOF (Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization/Time of Flight) Mass Spectrometry to determine the unique proteomic fingerprint of an organism.
The characteristic spectrum pattern of this proteomic fingerprint is used to reliably and accurately identify a particular microorganism by matching thousands of reference spectra from microorganism strains.

Integrating the MALDI Biotyper into routine testing workflows results in a significant consolidation of resources, as it replaces multiple traditional and biochemical identification methods, and eliminates the burden of multiple steps, workstations and metrology requirements of DNA sequencing.

Additionally, the MALDI Biotyper can be conveniently used as a fast and easy pre-screening method, prior to extensive strain characterization by the IR Biotyper, by sequencing or another DNA fingerprinting technique.

Broad application range

MALDI Biotyper systems are successfully employed in clinical microbiology, environmental and water analysis, pharmaceutical microbiology, taxonomical research, food and beverage product processing and quality control, and veterinary microbiology. The accuracy, speed, and robustness of the MALDI Biotyper have led to it replacing classical biochemical testing for microorganism identification in laboratories worldwide. The research-use-only (RUO) MALDI Biotyper also enables selected antimicrobial resistance tests in translational research.

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