An efficient strategy for broad-range detection of low abundance bacteria without DNA decontamination of PCR reagents.

BACKGROUND: Bacterial DNA contamination in PCR reagents has been a long standing problem that hampers the adoption of broad-range PCR in clinical and applied microbiology, particularly in detection of low abundance bacteria. Although several DNA decontamination protocols have been reported, they all...

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Main Authors: Shy-Shin Chang, Hsung-Ling Hsu, Ju-Chien Cheng, Ching-Ping Tseng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3102696?pdf=render