摘要 |
The present invention provides a lysis buffer comprising a chaotropic agent and a reducing agent suitable for liquefaction of a highly viscous liquid biological sample, such as sputum, a use of said lysis buffer for the processing of a highly viscous liquid biological sample, methods for processing or analyzing a highly viscous liquid biological sample, or a method for detecting a pathogen within a highly viscous liquid biological sample. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a lysate comprising a highly viscous liquid biological sample and the lysis buffer according to the present invention, a ready-to-use reaction tube and a kit comprising the lysis buffer according to the present invention. |