Norgen’s Stool Nucleic Acid Collection and Preservation Tubes are designed for the rapid preservation of nucleic acids from fresh stool specimens. The Stool Nucleic Acid Collection and Preservation Tubes contain Norgen’s Stool Preservative in a liquid format. The user simply collects stool into the tubes (fill up to the line indicated on the tube) and mixes gently until the stool is well submerged under the preservative. The Stool Preservative prevents the growth of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and fungi, and also inactivates viruses allowing the resulting non-infectious samples to be handled and shipped safely. In addition, the Stool Preservative eliminates the need to immediately process or freeze samples and allows the samples to be shipped to centralized testing facilities at ambient temperatures. The components of the Stool Preservative allow samples to be stored at room temperature for over 2 years for DNA and 7 days for RNA. To extend the stool RNA stability in the preservative, storage at -20°C or -70°C is recommended at the arrival to testing facilities until the RNA purification.
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| Kit Specifications | |
| Stool Input | 2 g |
| Stability of Stool Nucleic Acids at Room Temperature | 2 years for DNA 7 days for RNA* |
* The RNA stability will vary depending on the samples
Storage Conditions and Product Stability
All tubes should be kept tightly sealed and stored at room temperature (15 – 25 °C) for 2 years after the date of shipment without any reduction in performance.
| Kit Components | Cat. 45660 |
|---|---|
| Stool Nucleic Acid Collection and Preservation Tubes | 50 |
| Product Insert | 1 |
Not all cyanobacterial strains produce toxins. However, the toxin-producing strains cannot be distinguished from the nontoxin-producing strains by traditional light microscopy, commonly
used to monitor water bodies. An alternative for the differentiation of potentially toxic strains from nontoxic strains is to use molecular methods to detect the presence of toxin biosynthetic genes. Such methods are already available and could be used for the detection and identification of potential microcystin and nodularin producers present in environmental samples (Attogene catalog number NA2024).
Screening for the toxin itself, can be very costly. In turn, real time PCR for the detection of the anaC gene in cyanobacterial strains and environmental samples can be a key indicator for the prescense of cyanobacteria capable of expressing the Anatoxin toxin. Attogen has thus, designed primer pairs and probes targeting a the conserved anaC gene region in order to enable the amplification and detection of several producer genera using real time PCR. Screening for the toxin genes can save significant costs and act as a triage for samples needing to be analyzed for the toxin itself.
Real time qPCR kit
For screening Anatoxin gene cluster
Use in combination with Attogene Algae DNA isolation kit
R-CAAR4
SKU: 700005034
200 assays per kit (4 vials)
| Content: | 200 assays per kit (4 vials) |
| Shipping Temperature: | Ambient |
| Storage Temperature: | Short term stability: 2-8oC, Long term stability: See individual component labels |
| Stability: | > 2 years under recommended storage conditions |
| Analyte: | α-Amylase |
| Assay Format: | Spectrophotometer, Auto-analyser |
| Detection Method: | Absorbance |
| Wavelength (nm): | 400 |
| Limit of Detection: | 0.05 U/mL |
| Reproducibility (%): | ~ 3% |
| Reaction Time (min): | ~ 30 min |
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