Visualization of metabolites and microbes at high spatial resolution using MALDI mass spectrometry imaging and in situ fluorescence labeling

Patric Bourceau, Benedikt Geier, Vincent Suerdieck, Tanja Bien, Jens Soltwisch, Klaus Dreisewerd, Manuel Liebeke

Published: 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00864-1

correlative imaging

MALDI-MSI

metaFISH

microbial localization

metabolite imaging

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