"The current molecular, serological and emphasized mass spectral approaches used in fungal diagnostics are evaluated. An overview of low-molecular weight metabolites that have been used in medical mycology during either in vitro or in vivo experiments is presented. Fungal spores are suggested as a viable source of fungal biomarkers, as conidia inhalation is an important entrance gateway to host infection. In addition to MALDI (Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization) typing, an alternative diagnostic method based on the knowledge of specific nonribosomal and other fungal metabolite structures is suggested. This approach can be used in fungal mixture analysis and represents a similar benefit to what we have learned from proteomics: going from peptide mapping to peptide sequencing could give better identification rates" . . . . . "Havl\u00ED\u010Dek, Vladim\u00EDr" . "2"^^ . . "2"^^ . "10.1021/bk-2011-1065" . "200561" . "Fungal Metabolites for Microorganism Classification by Mass Spectrometry"@en . . "[42BAC4CB530C]" . "978-0-8412-2612-8" . . . "Fungal Metabolites for Microorganism Classification by Mass Spectrometry" . "Microorganism; mass spectrometry; biomarker"@en . "Fungal Metabolites for Microorganism Classification by Mass Spectrometry"@en . "Washington DC" . . "RIV/61388971:_____/11:00374062!RIV12-AV0-61388971" . "Lemr, Karel" . . "P(LC07017), Z(AV0Z50200510)" . "American Chemical Society" . . . "237"^^ . "10"^^ . . "The current molecular, serological and emphasized mass spectral approaches used in fungal diagnostics are evaluated. An overview of low-molecular weight metabolites that have been used in medical mycology during either in vitro or in vivo experiments is presented. Fungal spores are suggested as a viable source of fungal biomarkers, as conidia inhalation is an important entrance gateway to host infection. In addition to MALDI (Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization) typing, an alternative diagnostic method based on the knowledge of specific nonribosomal and other fungal metabolite structures is suggested. This approach can be used in fungal mixture analysis and represents a similar benefit to what we have learned from proteomics: going from peptide mapping to peptide sequencing could give better identification rates"@en . "RIV/61388971:_____/11:00374062" . . . "Fungal Metabolites for Microorganism Classification by Mass Spectrometry" . . "Rapid Characterization of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry" . . . .