Download or read book Focused Microwaves for Cellular Lysing, DNA/RNA and Protein/enzyme Fragmentation and Inactivation written by Tonya Santaus and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid sample preparation is one of the main hindrances to infectious bacterial identification. To aid in rapid and efficient sample preparation, gold microwave lysing triangles (MLTs) was developed. Gold MLTs serve as a platform to focus microwaves directly to the center of a sample subsequently increasing the electromagnetic energy and temperature. This increase in energy and temperature allows for rapid cellular lysis followed by DNA/RNA fragmentation as well as protein/enzyme degradation and substantially lower activity.