On Jan 24, 5:51 am, Bob <bbx107.... from excite.XYZ.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:33:00 -0800 (PST), Kate Hawley
>> <labca... from yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >I am looking to identify specific bacterial metabolites that cause malodor and then measure those byproducts by GC or other analytical method. But I am finding it difficult to find those specific by-products. Most interested in by-products of Staph and E. coli. We have looked at ammonia and Proteus, measuring with Drager columns, but I want something more sophisticated. Any ideas?
>> Take a culture that you find malodorous. Run the headspace gas thru
> GC-MS.
>> bob
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Remove the contaminating dominant products first through depletion via
negative column-exchange chromatography. Then do GC-MS as Bob
suggested.
sz
