Comparison of eight methods for the extraction of Bacillus atrophaeus spore DNA from eleven common interferents and a common swab

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Rose, Helen L ^a   Dewey, Caroline A ^a   Ely, Morgan S ^a   Willoughby, Sarah L ^a   Parsons, Tanya M ^a   Cox, Victoria ^a   Spencer, Phillippa M ^a   Weller, Simon A ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DNA EXTRACTION; DRY POWDER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POWDER;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS;

BACILLUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POWDERS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79960811684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022668     Document Type: Article

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