doi: 10.1128/AEM.02923-05.
Evaluation of a macrofoam swab protocol for the recovery of Bacillus anthracis spores from a steel surface
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Evaluation of a macrofoam swab protocol for the recovery of Bacillus anthracis spores from a steel surface
Appl Environ Microbiol.
2006 Jun.
Abstract
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-cm2 steel surfaces with a < or =32.7% coefficient of variation in sampling precision and reproducibility for inocula of > or =38 spores.
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