Quality sample collection, handling, and preservation for an effective microbial forensics program

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 6431-6438

  Budowle, Bruce ^a   Schutzer, Steven E ^b   Burans, James P ^c   Beecher, Douglas J ^a   Cebula, Thomas A ^d   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^e   Cobb, William T ^f   Fletcher, Jacqueline ^g   Hale, Martha L ^h   Harris, Robert B ⁱ   Heitkamp, Michael A ^j   Keller, Frederick Paul ^a   Kuske, Cheryl ^k   LeClerc, Joseph E ^d   Marrone, Babetta L ^k   McKenna, Thomas S ^l   Morse, Stephen A ^m   Rodriguez, Luis L ^l   Valentine, Nancy B ⁿ   Yadev, Jagjit ^e  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Homeland Security ^*  (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Cobb Consulting Services ^*  (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ Commonwealth Biotechnologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^j SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^m CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁿ PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY; PRESERVATION;

ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GOVERNMENT; IONIC STRENGTH; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SHORT SURVEY; STORAGE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

BIOTERRORISM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33750045187     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01165-06     Document Type: Short Survey

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