Formic Acid Sandwich Method Is Well-suited for Filamentous Fungi Identification and Improves Turn Around Time Using Zybio EXS2600 Mass Spectrometry

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is extensively employed for the identification filamentous fungi on MALDI Biotyper (Bruker Daltonics) and Vitek MS (biomerieux), but the performance of fungi identification on new EXS2600 (Zybio) is still unknow. Our study aims to evaluate the new EXS2600 system's (Zybio) ability to rapidly identify filamentous fungi and determine its effect on Turnaround Time (TAT) in our laboratory.