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This chapter describes protocols for measuring fluctuation in intracellular metal concentration of A. baumannii isolates in response to copper exposure using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
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Work in the Merrell lab is supported by funds from the NIH and DoD. S.L.J.M. would like to thank the NSF (CHE-10020356) for support.
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Williams, C.L., Neu, H.M., Michel, S.L.J., Merrell, D.S. (2019). Measuring Intracellular Metal Concentration via ICP-MS Following Copper Exposure. In: Biswas, I., Rather, P. (eds) Acinetobacter baumannii. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1946. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9118-1_19
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