title: Improved direct PCR screen for bacterial colonies: wooden toothpicks inhibit PCR amplification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005784:Gene Amplification; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D010969:Plastics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D019914:Taq Polymerase; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D010969:Plastics; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D019914:Taq Polymerase