Rapid PCR-lateral flow assay for the onsite detection of Atlantic white shrimp.

The Atlantic white shrimp () is of great economic importance to the United States and risk being substituted with imported species due to a shortage in domestic production. To improve the current methods used for the identification of the Atlantic white shrimp species, we designed and validated a robust multiplex PCR-lateral flow assay for the onsite identification of . The standardized assay was validated using a miniaturized, low-cost PCR instrument with 68 shrimp, prawn, and fish samples, spread over fourteen seafood species.