Magnetic Bead Capture Eliminates PCR Inhibitors in Samples Collected from the Airborne Environment, Permitting Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA |
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Authors: | Nancy Maher H. Kenneth Dillon Sten H. Vermund Thomas R. Unnasch |
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Abstract: | PCR detection methods are useful in studies of organisms not amenable to culture. Inhibitors in environmental samples can interfere with such assays. We describe a magnetic bead DNA capture protocol that removes inhibitors from outdoor air samples, maintaining the sensitivity of a 16S Pneumocystis carinii mitochondrial rRNA gene-based PCR. |
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