Abstract: A process of pathogen identification and a transport container are disclosed. The process includes positioning a porous material containing a sample into an receptacle of a transport container, facilitating transport of the transport container through a mail or parcel service, removing the porous material, the receptacle of the transport container, collecting the sample from the porous material, analyzing the preserved nucleic acid, or a combination thereof. The porous material degrades the sample and preserves nucleic acid. The analyzing identifies a plurality of sequences within the preserved nucleic acid in a parallel manner.