| Title: |
Evaluation of a Macrofoam Swab Protocol for the Recovery of Bacillus anthracis Spores from a Steel Surface |
| Authors: |
Hodges, L. R.; Rose, L. J.; Peterson, A.; Noble-Wang, J.; Arduino, M. J. |
| Source: |
Applied and Environmental Microbiology ; volume 72, issue 6, page 4429-4430 ; ISSN 0099-2240 1098-5336 |
| Publisher Information: |
American Society for Microbiology |
| Publication Year: |
2006 |
| Description: |
A protocol to recover Bacillus anthracis spores from a steel surface using macrofoam swabs was evaluated for its accuracy, precision, reproducibility, and limit of detection. Macrofoam swabs recovered 31.7 to 49.1% of spores from 10-cm 2 steel surfaces with a ≤32.7% coefficient of variation in sampling precision and reproducibility for inocula of ≥38 spores. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1128/aem.02923-05 |
| DOI: |
10.1128/AEM.02923-05 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02923-05; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.02923-05 |
| Rights: |
https://journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.CF262CB1 |
| Database: |
BASE |