Evaluation of SIMS for location of bacterial spores and to source growth media and geographic location.
EMSL Project ID
1711a
Abstract
This work has two primary foci: 1) to evalute the use of TOF-SIMS to locate Bacterial spores labeled with Lanthanide metals, and 2) to evalute the use of TOF-SIMS fingerprinting as a component of forensic studies to discriminate growth conditions and geographical origin of bacterial spores.
Project Details
Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2004-03-11
End Date
2006-03-13
Status
Closed
Released Data Link
Team
Principal Investigator
Related Publications
Cliff JB, KH Jarman, NB Valentine, S Golledge, DJ Gaspar, DS Wunschel, and KL Wahl. 2005. "Differentiation of Spores of Bacillus Subtilis Grown in Different Media by Elemental Characterization using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(11):6524-6530.