Bookedited by Otto Holst.
Contents:
Part I: Bacterial protein toxins
Detection of bacterial protein toxins by solid phase magnetic immunocapture and mass spectrometry / Gabriella Pocsfalvi and Gitta Schlosser
Sensitive and rapid detection of cholera toxin-producing Vibrio cholerae using loop-mediated isothermal amplification / Wataru Yamazaki
Ultrasensitive detection of botulinum neurotoxins and anthrax lethal factor in biological samples by ALISSA / Karine Bagramyan and Markus Kalkum
Examination of Bacillus anthracis spores by multiparameter flow cytometry / William C. Schumacher [and others]
A cell-based fluorescent assay to detect the activity of shiga toxin and other toxins that inhibit protein synthesis / Shane Massey, Beatriz Quiñones, and Ken Teter
Use of a vero cell-based fluorescent assay to assess relative toxicities of shiga toxin 2 subtypes from Escherichia coli / Beatriz Quiñones and Michelle S. Swimley
Molecular methods: chip assay and quantitative real-time PCR: in detecting hepatotoxic cyanobacteria / Anne Rantala-Ylinen, Hanna Sipari, and Kaarina Sivonen
Part II: Endotoxins
Capillary electrophoresis chips for fingerprinting endotoxin chemotypes from whole-cell lysates / Béla Kocsis [and others]
Isolation of smooth-type lipopolysaccharides to electrophoretic homogeneity / Elder Pupo
A method for unobtrusive labeling of lipopolysaccharides with quantum dots / Carlos Morales-Betanzos, Maria Gonzalez-Moa, and Sergei A. Svarovsky
Fluorescence-based methods to assay inhibitors of lipopolysaccharide synthesis / Marcy Hernick
Micromethods for lipid a isolation and structural characterization / Martine Caroff and Alexey Novikov
Two efficient methods for the conjugation of smooth-form lipopolysaccharides with probes bearing hydrazine or amino groups. I. LPS activation with cyanogen bromide / Fernando Battaglini and Diego Pallarola
Two efficient methods for the conjugation of smooth-form lipopolysaccharides with probes bearing hydrazine or amino groups. II. LPS activation with a cyanopyridinium agent / Fernando Battaglini and Diego Pallarola
Part III: Mold fungus toxins
Extraction and analysis of fumonisins and compounds indicative of fumonisin exposure in plant and mammalian tissues and cultured cells / Nicholas C. Zitomer and Ronald T. Riley
Determination of fumonisins B₁ and B₂ in maize food products by a new analytical method based on high-performance liquid chromatography and fluorimetric detection with post-column derivatization / Marilena Muscarella [and others]
A confirmatory method for aflatoxin M₁ determination in milk based on immunoaffinity cleanup and high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorometric detection / Marilena Muscarella [and others]
Simultaneous determination of aflatoxins B₁, B₂, G₁, and G₂ in foods and feed materials / Marilena Muscarella [and others]
Highly sensitive PCR-based detection specific to Aspergillus flavus / Amaia González-Salgado
A rapid enzymatic method for aflatoxin B detection / Danila Moscone, Fabiana Arduini, and Aziz Amine.