Clinical Microbiology, Volume 664 in the Methods in Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Synthesis of chemical probes to study bacterial adenylating enzymes, Fluoroquinolone-derived fluorescent probes for studies of bacterial penetration and efflux, Combining informatics with ABPP to identify serine hydrolyses in bacteria, A Ligand Selection Strategy Identifies Chemical Probes Targeting the Proteases of SARS‐CoV‐2, Activity-based probes for bacterial histidine kinases,  Metabolomic approaches to enzyme function and pathway discovery, Identification of bile salt hydrolase activity in gut microbiota, and much more.
Other chapters cover Multiplex fluorescence screening and identification using multiplex TMT, Customized Peptidoglycan Surfaces to Investigate Innate Immune Recognition via SPR, Site-Specific Siderocalin Binding to Ferric and Ferric-Free Enterobactin As Revealed by Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics of short-chain fatty acid probes in Salmonella, Development and application of highly sensitive labeling reagents for amino acids, and a variety of other timely topics.

• Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
• Presents the latest release in Methods in Enzymology serials
• Updated release includes the latest information on Chemical Microbiology