SPADA Book - April 11, 2017

Scope of Work

• Review the previous list of 86 environmental organisms

• Create a section on soil testing providing guidance on  testing for cross‐reactivity 

• Modify and include a section on bioinformatics

• Deliverable: • The approved Environmental Organism Panel will be published as a  standard in the peer‐reviewed  Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and  the Official Methods of Analysis Compendium.   • All relevant existing SPADA Standard Method Performance  Requirements will be updated to incorporate the revised  Environmental Organism. 

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Key Points

• Working group met by teleconferences: November, twice in December, January

• Reviewed the current list of environmental organisms

• 37 species DNA were identified as unnecessary for  inclusion based on improvements to technology, more  knowledge, and experience

• Remaining organisms divided into two groups:

Group 1:  12 arthropods and mammalian species DNA

Group 2:  37  cultivatable air, soil, and water bacteria

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