Comparison of five commercial DNA extraction kits for the recovery of Francisella tularensis DNA from spiked soil samples

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Whitehouse, Chris A ^a   Hottel, Hannah E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Francisella tularensis; Molecular diagnostics; Soil extraction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PURIFICATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846057772     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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