Patent ID: 7985540
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. A method for extracting biological material from a bacterial spore, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a sample chamber and a first and a second electrode, the first and the second electrode and the sample chamber being so positioned that at least a part of the sample chamber is between the first and the second electrode, said sample chamber having a volume of at most 500 μL, b) providing a liquid sample in the sample chamber, which liquid sample comprises a bacterial spore, c) exposing said liquid sample to an alternating electric field in said sample chamber, said alternating electric field being provided by the first and the second electrode and having a sufficient amplitude so as to extract biological material from the bacterial spore, and d) performing an analysis on a part of the exposed liquid sample, said part comprising extracted biological material from the bacterial spore.