The MALDI Biotyper CA System identifies microorganisms using MALDI-TOF (Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight) Mass Spectrometry to measure a unique molecular fingerprint of an organism. Specifically, the MALDI Biotyper CA System measures highly abundant proteins that are found in all microorganisms.

• FDA-cleared database to determine the identity of the microorganism.
• Sensitive, can work with 100,000 cells, small colonies preferred
• Results in minutes after culture, not hours or days
• Large, HIGH QUALITY library with >3900 microbial strains in library representing >2000 specis
• Lower consumables cost
• Automated, up to 96 samples can be done in a single run
• No gram stain required, works for gram positives, gram negatives,
• yeast and fungi