Microbial Toxins

Preface...Table of Contents...Contributing Authors....1. Detection of Cholera Toxin by an Immunochromatographic Test StripEiki Yamasaki, Ryuta Sakamoto, Takashi Matsumoto, Biswajit Maiti, Kayo Okumura, Fumiki Morimatsu, G. Balakrish Nair, and Hisao Kurazono 2. Electrochemical Aptamer Scaffold Biosensors for Detection of Botulism and Ricin ProteinsJessica Daniel, Lisa Fetter, Susan Jett, Teisha J. Rowland, and Andrew J. Bonham 3. A Cell-Based Fluorescent Assay to Detect the Activity of AB Toxins that Inhibit Protein SynthesisPatrick Cherubin, Beatriz Quiñones, Salem Elkahoui, Wallace Yokohama, and Ken Teter4. Molecular Methods for Identification of Clostridium tetani by Targeting NeurotoxinBasavraj Nagoba, Mahesh Dharne, and Kushal N. Gohil5.  Label-Free Immuno-Sensors for the Fast Detection of Listeria in FoodAlexandra Morlay, Agnès Roux, Vincent Templier, Félix Piat, and Yoann Roupioz6.  Aptamer-Based Trapping: Enrichment of Bacillus cereus Spores for Real-Time PCR DetectionChristin Fischer and Markus Fischer7. Detection of Yersinia pestis in Complex Matrices by Intact Cell Immunocapture and Targeted Mass SpectrometryJérôme Chenau, François Fenaille, Stéphanie Simon, Sofia Filali, Hervé Volland, Christophe Junot, Elisabeth Carniel, and François Becher8.  A Method to Prepare Magnetic Nanosilicate Platelets for Effective Removal of Microcystis aeruginosa and Microcystin LRShu-Chi Chang, Bo-Li Lu, Jiang-Jen Lin, Yen-Hsien Li, and Maw-Rong Lee9.  An Immunochromatographic Test Strip to Detect Ochratoxin A and Zearalenone SimultaniouslyXiaofei Hu and Gaiping Zhang10.  Endotoxin Removal from Escherichia coli Bacterial Lysate using Biphasic Liquid SystemJanusz Boratynski and Bozena Szermer-Olearnik11.  Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool in Analysis of Proteus mirabilis EndotoxinsPaulina arnowiec, Grzegorz Czerwonka, and Wieslaw Kaca12.  Laser Interferometry Method as a Novel Tool in Endotoxin ResearchMichal Arabski and Slawomir Wasik13.  Endotoxin Entrapment on Glass via C18 Self-Assembled Monolayers and Rapid Detection using Drug-Nanoparticle Bioconjugate ProbesPrasanta Kalita, Anshuman Dasgupta, and Shalini Gupta14.  A Bioassay for Determination of Lipopolysaccharides and LipoproteinsMarcus Peters, Petra Bonowitz, and Albrecht Bufe 15.  Capillary Electrophoresis Chips for Fingerprinting Endotoxin Chemotypes and SubclassesBéla Kocsis, Lilla Makszin, Anikó Kilár, Zoltán Péterfi, and Ferenc Kilár16.  Micromethods for Isolation and Structural Characterization of Lipid A, and Polysaccharide Regions of Bacterial LipopolysaccharidesAlexey Novikov, Aude Breton, and Martine Caroff17.  Mass Spectrometry for Profiling LOS and Lipid A Structures from Whole-Cell Lysates: Directly from a Few Bacterial Colonies or from Liquid Broth CulturesBéla Kocsis, Anikó Kilár, Szandra Péter, Ágnes Dörnyei, Viktor Sándor, and Ferenc Kilár... Mehr