Detection of Bacillus anthracis DNA in Complex Soil and Air Samples Using Next-Generation Sequencing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Be, Nicholas A ^a   Thissen, James B ^a   Gardner, Shea N ^a   McLoughlin, Kevin S ^a   Fofanov, Viacheslav Y ^b   Koshinsky, Heather ^b   Ellingson, Sally R ^c   Brettin, Thomas S ^d   Jackson, Paul J ^a   Jaing, Crystal J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Eureka Genomics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84883617674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073455     Document Type: Article

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