High Resolution Imaging Mass Spectrometry of Bacterial Microcolonies at Ecological Scales
R. d. C. Pessotti, B. L. Hansen, V. M. Zacharia, D. Polyakov, M. F. Traxler
This study uses MALDI-IMS to visualize chemical outputs from small bacterial microcolonies, revealing heterogeneity and asymmetrical metabolite production in response to environmental gradients.
bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2019Microbiology