Microbial Food Safety Book Cites ProCipitate™ and Viraffinity™ For Sample Prep
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ, February 20, 2015 — Biotech Support Group reports on a new book about Microbial Food Safety which describes the simplicity and efficiency of their sample preparation technology for virus concentration and analysis. The citation is:
D’Souza, D. H. “Update on foodborne viruses: types, concentration and sampling methods.” Advances in Microbial Food Safety 2 (2014): 102.
The book states “Precipitation agents for concentration such as ProCipitate™ and Viraffinity™… are used to remove polysaccharides…”
This new reference supports past articles and books citing Biotech Support Group’s unique solid-phase polymer suspensions,ProCipitate™ and Viraffinity™ , in microbial food and environmental safety.
Handbook of Food Science, Technology & Engineering: Volume 4, 2006, edited by Y.H. Hui.
“…virus precipitation with polyethylene glycol and further removal of matrix associated inhibitors, particularly polysaccharides, using proprietary agents such as ProCipitate™ or Viraffinity™.”
“Viruses in the PEG eluants were precipitated…by an equal volume of ProCipitate™.”
“ProCipitate™ was an effective method to purify the sample and dramatically improve virus detectability by RT-PCR.”
“With these book and journal references, it certainly validates the effectiveness for both ProCipitate™ and Viraffinity™ for the sample prep concentration and enrichment of viruses in food, water and environmental safety applications.” states Swapan Roy, Ph.D., President and Founder of Biotech Support Group.
For a complete list of applications and references for ProCipitate™, download the ProCipitate Handbook of Applications, Strategies and Potential New Directions.
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Biotech Support Group LLC is a leading developer of proteomic, metabolomic and genomic sample preparation and enrichment products. It’s principal products include: AlbuVoid™ & AlbuSorb™ for albumin depletion, Cleanascite™ for lipid adsorption and clarification, HemogloBind™ & HemoVoid™ for hemoglobin separation, NRicher™ for functional & chemical proteomics, and ProCipitate™ & for nucleic acid isolation. For more information, go to http://www.biotechsupportgroup.com
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