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  • Title: Evaluation of a macrofoam swab protocol for the recovery of Bacillus anthracis spores from a steel surface.
    Author: Hodges LR, Rose LJ, Peterson A, Noble-Wang J, Arduino MJ.
    Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol; 2006 Jun; 72(6):4429-30. PubMed ID: 16751562.
    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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