Evaluation of five commercial nucleic acid extraction kits for their ability to inactivate Bacillus anthracis spores and comparison of DNA yields from spores and spiked environmental samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-37

  Dauphin, Leslie A ^a   Moser, Benjamin D ^a   Bowen, Michael D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus anthracis spores; Bioterrorism; DNA extraction

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 57349089338     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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