Selected Applications Using the Mini-Beadbeater
Extraction from Soil & Wastes
The Extraction and Purification of Microbial DNA from Sediments, Andrew Ogram et. al., J. Microbiol. Methods, Vol.7, p.57-66 (1987)
Methods for microbial DNA extraction from soil for PCR amplification, C. Yeates, et. al., Biological Procedures Online (1998)
Rapid Method for Coextraction of DNA and RNA from Natural Environments for Analysis of Ribosomal DNA- and rRNA-based Microbial Community Composition, R.I. Griffiths et. al., Appl. Environ. Microbiology, Vol 66, p.5488-5491(2000)
Simultaneous DNA/RNA Extraction from Soil, a protocol based on a modified method of Griffiths et. al.(2000), from Eoin Brodie, April 2003. References Fast-Prep machine. Call for MBB equivalent setting.
Improved Extraction of PCR-quality Community DNA from Digesta and Fecal Samples, Zhongtang Yu and Mark Morrison, BioTechniques, Vol 36, p.808-813 (2004)
Virus & Spores
West Nile virus Epidemic in Horses, Tuscany Region, Italy, Gian L Autorino et. al., Emerg. Infect. Dis., Vol.8, No..12, (2002) (serial online),
Reexamination of the Role of Autolysis in the Development of Myxococcus xanthus, Kathleen A. O'Connor and David R. Zusman, J. Bacteriology, Vol.170, p.4103-4112 (1988)
A Field Investigation of Bacillus anthracis Contamination of USDA and Other Washington, DC Buildings during the Antrax Attack of October 2001, James A. Higgins, et. al., Appl. Environ. Microbiology, Vol.69, p.593-599 (2003)
Invertebrates
Hair
Simultaneous Quantification of Opiates, Cocaine, and Metabolites in Hair by LC-APCI-MS/MS, Karl B. Scheidweiler and Marilyn A. Huestis, Anal. Chem., Vol.76 (15), p.4358–4363 (2004) (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac049555t)