Investigation of Chlorine Treatment DNA-Based Detection of the Bacillus anthracis Spore

摘要

There is a crucial need for technology that allows rapid and reliable detection of waterborne pathogens. Pathogenic organisms such as Vibric choleree, Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., enteropathogenic Esoherlohia coil, Campylobacter jejuni, Cryptosporidlum parvum, and Glardia lambila have long been known to pose a public health threat to drinking water supplies. More recently, there has been concern that pathogenic microorganisms such as Baclilus anthracis spores could deliberately be introduced into a water supply as an act of bioterrorism. Baclilus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, ranks high on the list of bioterrorism agents that pose a threat to drinking water supplies. Dormant spores are capable of surviving in both aquatic and terrestrial environments for long periods.