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Amino Acids and Peptides

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Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Applications in Microbiology

Abstract

Developments in the analysis of amino acids and peptides by gas chromatography—mass spectrometry (GC/MS) have occurred in a chemical rather than a microbiological context. The presentation in this chapter, therefore, describes advances in technique and structural determination and is leavened, where possible, with examples drawn from the application of GC/MS to microbial metabolism and biochemistry. This chapter does not purport to be an exhaustive review of the relevant literature. Citations have been omitted not from an inherent lack of merit or relevance but because they are accessible through later citations of the same authors or through the more specialized reviews cited.

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