Molecular methods for microsporidia detection; use of an inhibitor control with real-time PCR.

9781605730196

Molecular methods for microsporidia detection; use of an inhibitor control with real-time PCR.

Ed. by Donna M. Wolk et al.

American Water Works Assn.

2007

69 pages

$240.00

Paperback

TD365

This report from the American Water Works Association summarizes the results of a nucleic acid extraction method for microsporidia designated on the EPA's Candidate Contaminant List (CCL). Prepared by Wolk (clinical microbiology, U. of Arizona-Tucson), Sturbaum (President/Secretary, CH Diagnostic and Consulting Service), Hoffman (advanced microbiologist, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene), Sterling (medicine, microbiology and immunology, U. of Arizona-Tucson) and Marshall (veterinary science and microbiology, U. of Arizona-Tucson), this volume provides a background for the use of real-time polymerase chain reactions before outlining the methods, materials, results and discussion of the project. The authors offer specific recommendations for managers and engineers in water treatment plants and utilities based upon these results.

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