Detection of Biological Agents for the Prevention of Bioterrorism

Preface.- Broadband analysis of bioagents by mass spectrometry; C. Fenselau et al.- Hollow-fiber flow field-flow fractionation for mass spectrometry: from proteins to whole bacteria; P. Reschiglian et al.- Mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry for protein biomarker discovery and bacterial speciation; A. Fox, K. Fox.- Intact cell/spore mass spectrometry of fusarium macro conidia for fast isolate and species differentiation; H. Dong et al.- Bacteriophage amplification-coupled detection and identification of bacterial pathogens; C.R. Cox, K.J. Voorhees.- Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometric analysis of bacillus anthracis: from fingerprint analysis of the bacterium to quantification of its toxins in clinical samples; A.R. Woolfitt et al.- Microorganism identification based on MALDI-TOF MS fingerprints; T. Elssner et al.- Mass spectrometric detection of botulinum neurotoxin by measuring its activity in serum and milk; S.R. Kalb et al.- Functional assays for ricin detection; E. Ezan et al.- Challenges of detecting bioterrorism agents in complex matrices; E.M. Hartmann, R.U. Halden.- DESI-MS/MS of chemical warfare agents and related compounds; P.A. D'Agostino.- Mass spectrometry applications for the identification and quantitation of biomarkers resulting from human exposure to chemical warfare agents; J.R. Smith, B.R. Capacio.- Applications of mass spectrometry in investigations of alleged use of chemical warfare agents; R.W. Read.- Mass spectrometry for the analysis of low explosives; B. McCord et al.- Identification of the bacterial cellular lipid fraction by using fast GC × GC-MS and innovative MS libraries; L. Mondello et al.- Endotoxins in environmental and clinical samples assessed by GC-tandem MS; B. Szponar.- Imaging mass spectrometry; M.L. Reyzer, R.M. Caprioli.- 2 and 3d TOF-SIMS imaging for biological analysis; J.S. Fletcher.- Application of mass spectrometry for the analysis of vitellogenin, a unique biomarker for xenobiotic