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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Stuart Farquharson, Meriden, CT (US);
Frank E. Inscore, Bristol, CT (US);
Alan D. Gift, Lafayette, IN (US);
Chetan Shrikant Shende, Vernon, CT (US);
Stuart Farquharson, Meriden, CT (US);
Frank E. Inscore, Bristol, CT (US);
Alan D. Gift, Lafayette, IN (US);
Chetan Shrikant Shende, Vernon, CT (US);
Real-Time Analyzers, Inc., Middletown, CT (US);
Abstract
A weak organic acid is used to effect the release of CaDPA fromorendospores, rapidly and at room temperature, to enable detection and measurement of DPA and thereby the assessment of risk associated with exposure to, and like spores. The method can be applied to airborne, food-borne, and water-borne spores, as well as to spores collected from surfaces or contained in body fluids, and analysis is advantageously carried out using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.