Identification and characterization of Bacillus anthracis spores by multiparameter flow cytometry.

Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.

In response to the need for methods that can rapidly detect potentially virulent Bacillus anthracis spores, we developed a two-color flow cytometric assay capable of simultaneously identifying B. anthracis spores and the presence of spore-associated protective antigen, a virulence marker for strains harboring the pXO1 plasmid.

PMID: 18586967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2519269 [Available on 12/01/08]