MALDI Biotyper by Bruker Daltonics

"The Maldi is a highly complex analyzer. It isn't much to look at; but, as they say, looks can be deceiving. It takes what used to require 24-48 hours on the Walkaway (Microscan), literally a few minutes to acquire an identification of a bacterial pathogen. This is significantly astonishing. We are able to begin treatment so much sooner than before. Septic patients get the proper antibiolotics and not just broad spectrum, anaerobes are identified so much quicker, haemophilus no longer requires an additional 24 hours to grow on a special plate; but, can be identified in 2 minutes. Setting up your samples is probably the trickiest part of the analyzer. You have to be very precise on application. Not enough, too much, or mixed will cause you to have some issues and it will not work. Technique is the key. But, as long as everyone has good training and is taught proper technique, the skill will come with practice and time. It is very important that a fume hood be available. This is probably the only drawback of my purchase. It was never discussed or mentioned. The maldi requires very toxic, flammable acids and other chemicals to clean the target plates, and to assist in the identification. Be aware of this and prepared for what you will need."

"This product totally easy to use and reliable, analyze as faster as we need, flexible to handle and help our laboratory problems"

"Easy to handle, needs a little training, gets results quick. More time consuming for deeper access."

"Very safe to use, precise, efficient and I really recommended to pharmaceutical companies, institutions and microbiology labs where study continues with the microbial identification."

"Very efficient, fast, accurate, user friendly and will recommend to any clinical and research lab. working on microbial identification, quality control and research "

"It’s the best automatic identification instrument that we have ever purchased. It is reliable, easy to use and requires no maintenance. You only have to purchase one reagent and one control from the company. Also there are no expensive proprietary consumables required. "

"User-friendly, very easy to use, after sales service and support is fantastic and it is definitely value for money."

"We use the system for bacterial identification. It is robust, rapid, and discriminatory for a majority of our clinical isolates and very useful in our lab."

"This easy to use mass-spectrometric device enables a fast and efficient typing of bacteria, fungi and mammalian cells. The workflow to bring e.g., bacterial cells onto a sample plate is greatly streamlined and the subsequent mass recording and typing on the Microflex apparatus from Bruker is ideal, even for non-MS trained persons. I would call it from plate to plate (agar plate to MALDI steel plate). Have fun with it!"