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66 -- RIBOPRINTER MICROBIAL CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM SOL A44208 DUE 041400 POC Ida Cofield, Contract Officer, 301/827-7156, Fax 301/827-7039 The Food and Drug Administration intends to issue a purchase order on a sole source basis for a Riboprinter Characterization System from Qualicon. The system will allow the proformance of all steps necessary for ribotyping after growth of cells to be identified. This includes lysis, hydrolysis of DNA, separation of nucleic acid hydrolysate, probing of the separated hydrolysate, recording the Southern blot and comparing with a database to identify isolates to species level. This system is proprietary and can only be purchased from the originating source. This announcement is published for information purposes only. No Request for Quote will be issued. Posted 03/30/00 (W-SN439518). (0090)

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