Evaluation of Handheld Assays for the Detection of Ricin and Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B in Disinfected Waters by Mary Margaret Wade, Tracey D. Biggs, Joseph M. Insalaco, Lisa K. Neuendorff, Vicky L. H. Bevilacqua, Amanda M. Schenning, Lisa M. Reilly, Saumil S. Shah, Edward K. Conley, Peter A. Emanuel, Alan W. Zulich

“…Each matrix was prepared, spiked with ricin or SEB at multiple concentrations, and then loaded onto HHAs. …”
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Suitability of Commercial Transport Media for Biological Pathogens under Nonideal Conditions by Kyle Hubbard, Gregory Pellar, Peter Emanuel

“…This study evaluates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) transport media based on sample recovery, viability, and quality of nucleic acids and peptides for nonpathogenic strains of Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, in addition to ricin toxin. Samples were stored in COTS, PBST, or no media at various temperatures over an extended test period. …”
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Generality of toxins in defensive symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating proteins and defense against parasitic wasps in Drosophila. by Matthew J Ballinger, Steve J Perlman

“…In Spiroplasma-containing hosts, parasitic wasp ribosomes show abundant site-specific depurination in the α-sarcin/ricin loop of the 28S rRNA, with depurination occurring soon after wasp eggs hatch inside fly larvae. …”
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