Table 2A.
Organism | Genomic Equivalents
|
|
---|---|---|
UniProbe | Biothreat-specific | |
B. anthracis* | 3 | 1 |
Y. pestis (P14) | 3 | 1 |
F. tularensis (LVSB) | 8 | 6 |
Genomic equivalents = (weight sample molecular weight of genome) × Avogadro’s number.
LVSB = live vaccine strain type B; P14 = depigmented and virulence plasmid pCD1-negative.
Inactivated nonpathogenic strain.