Correcting language. Author Contributions Conceived and made the experiments: KL YC. Performed the experiments: LXC GBZ. Analyzed the information: LXC YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LXC GBZ XJS JHS GWC. Wrote the paper: LXC. Revised the manuscript: LXC YC KL. References 1. Gustavsson I, Lindell M, Wilander E, Strand A, Gyllensten U Use of FTA card for dry collection, transportation and storage of cervical cell specimen to detect high-risk HPV. Journal of Clinical Virology 46: 112116. two. Mullen M, Howard D, Powell R, Hanrahan J A note around the use of FTATM technology for storage of blood samples for DNA 223488-57-1 evaluation and removal of PCR inhibitors. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research: 109113. 3. Schuurman T, De Boer RF, Kooistra-Smid A, van Zwet AA Potential study of use of PCR amplification and sequencing of 16S ribosomal DNA from cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of bacterial meningitis 1527786 in a clinical setting. 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Hall L, Doerr KA, Wohlfiel SL, Roberts GD Evaluation with the MicroSeq technique for identification of mycobacteria by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing and its integration into a routine clinical mycobacteriology laboratory. J Clin Microbiol 41: 14471453. ten. Peattie DA Direct chemical process for sequencing RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 76: 17601764. 11. Han XY, Pham AS, Tarrand JJ, Sood PK, Luthra R Fast and precise identification of mycobacteria by sequencing hypervariable regions from the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Am J Clin Pathol 118: 796801. 12. Tewari D, Cieply S, Livengood J Identification of bacteria recovered from animals using the 16S ribosomal RNA gene with pyrosequencing and Sanger sequencing. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 23: 11041108. 9 Enhanced Sanger Protocol for Identifying Bacteria 13. Fukushima M, Kakinuma K, Kawaguchi R Phylogenetic evaluation of Salmonella, Shigella, and Escherichia coli strains on the basis of the gyrB gene sequence. J Clin Microbiol 40: 27792785. 14. Killgore G, Thompson A, Johnson S, Brazier J, Kuijper E, et al. Comparison of seven tactics for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease evaluation, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variablenumber tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol 46: 431437. 15. Willi B, Meli ML, Luthy R, Honegger H, Wengi N, et al. Improvement and application of a universal Hemoplasma screening assay depending on the SYBR green PCR principle. J Clin Microbiol 47: 40494054. 16. Vliegen I, Jacobs JA, Beuken E, Bruggeman C.Correcting language. Author Contributions Conceived and designed the experiments: KL YC. Performed the experiments: LXC GBZ. Analyzed the data: LXC YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LXC GBZ XJS JHS GWC. Wrote the paper: LXC. Revised the manuscript: LXC YC KL. References 1. Gustavsson I, Lindell M, Wilander E, Strand A, Gyllensten U Use of FTA card for dry collection, transportation and storage of cervical cell specimen to detect high-risk HPV. Journal of Clinical Virology 46: 112116. 2. Mullen M, Howard D, Powell R, Hanrahan J A note around the use of FTATM technology for storage of blood samples for DNA analysis and removal of PCR inhibitors. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Investigation: 109113. 3. Schuurman T, De Boer RF, Kooistra-Smid A, van Zwet AA Potential study of use of PCR amplification and sequencing of 16S ribosomal DNA from cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of bacterial meningitis 1527786 within a clinical setting. J Clin Microbiol 42: 734740. 4. Smith L, Burgoyne LA Collecting, archiving and processing DNA from wildlife samples applying FTAH databasing paper. BMC ecology 4: four. 5. Aye KS, Matsuoka M, Kai M, Kyaw K, Win AA, et al. FTA card utility for PCR detection of Mycobacterium leprae. Jpn J Infect Dis 64: 246248. six. Fukushima H, Tsunomori Y, Seki R Duplex real-time SYBR green PCR assays for detection of 17 species of food- or waterborne pathogens in stools. J Clin Microbiol 41: 51345146. 7. 18204824 Menassa N, Bosshard PP, Kaufmann C, Grimm C, Auffarth GU, et al. Rapid detection of fungal keratitis with DNA-stabilizing FTA filter paper. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 51: 19051910. 8. Corless CE, Guiver M, Borrow R, Edwards-Jones V, Kaczmarski EB, et al. Contamination and sensitivity issues having a real-time universal 16S rRNA PCR. J Clin Microbiol 38: 17471752. 9. Hall L, Doerr KA, Wohlfiel SL, Roberts GD Evaluation in the MicroSeq technique for identification of mycobacteria by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing and its integration into a routine clinical mycobacteriology laboratory. J Clin Microbiol 41: 14471453. 10. Peattie DA Direct chemical system for sequencing RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 76: 17601764. 11. Han XY, Pham AS, Tarrand JJ, Sood PK, Luthra R Fast and correct identification of mycobacteria by sequencing hypervariable regions with the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Am J Clin Pathol 118: 796801. 12. Tewari D, Cieply S, Livengood J Identification of bacteria recovered from animals using the 16S ribosomal RNA gene with pyrosequencing and Sanger sequencing. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 23: 11041108. 9 Improved Sanger Protocol for Identifying Bacteria 13. Fukushima M, Kakinuma K, Kawaguchi R Phylogenetic evaluation of Salmonella, Shigella, and Escherichia coli strains around the basis with the gyrB gene sequence. J Clin Microbiol 40: 27792785. 14. Killgore G, Thompson A, Johnson S, Brazier J, Kuijper E, et al. Comparison of seven methods for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variablenumber tandem-repeat evaluation, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol 46: 431437. 15. Willi B, Meli ML, Luthy R, Honegger H, Wengi N, et al. Improvement and application of a universal Hemoplasma screening assay according to the SYBR green PCR principle. J Clin Microbiol 47: 40494054. 16. Vliegen I, Jacobs JA, Beuken E, Bruggeman C.
