Given the scale of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for reliable, scalable testing, and the likelihood of reagent shortages, especially in resource-poor settings, we have developed an RT-qPCR assay that relies on an alternative to
Most bacteria in natural ecosystems form biofilms-a bacterial community, surrounded by a polymer matrix that consists mostly of exopolysaccharides, proteins, and nucleic acids. Extracellular RNA as a matrix component is involved in biofilm