An automated front-end monitor for anthrax surveillance systems based on the rapid detection of airborne endospores

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-871

  Pun, To Yung ^a   Lester, Elizabeth D ^a   Bearman, Greg ^b   Ponce, Adrian ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Bacterial spores; Dipicolinic acid; Endospores; Terbium

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; LUMINESCENCE; SILICA FUME; SPECTROMETERS; TERBIUM;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORES; DIPICOLINIC ACID; ENDOSPORES;

SMOKE DETECTORS;

DIPICOLINIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE; TERBIUM;

AIR SAMPLER; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; SPECTROMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35648971177     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21466     Document Type: Article

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