Automated nucleic acid extraction from whole blood, B. subtilis, E. coli, and Rift Valley fever virus on a centrifugal microfluidic LabDisk

Abstract

We present total nucleic acid extraction from whole blood, Gram-positive<italic>Bacillus subtilis</italic>, Gram-negative<italic>Escherichia coli</italic>, and<italic>Rift Valley fever</italic>RNA virus on a low-cost, centrifugal microfluidic cartridge processed in a portable processing device.