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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2011

Comparison of three rapid and easy bacterial DNA extraction methods for use with quantitative real-time PCR.

S P van Tongeren, J E Degener, H J M Harmsen

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S P van TongerenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. s.p.van.tongeren@med.umcg.nl
J E Degener
H J M Harmsen
University of Groningen · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of fast and easy on-site molecular detection and quantification methods for hazardous microbes on solid surfaces is desirable for several applications where specialised laboratory facilities are absent. The quantification of bacterial contamination necessitates the assessment of the efficiency of the used methodology as a whole, including the preceding steps of sampling and sample processing. We used quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qrtPCR) for Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus to measure the recovery of DNA from defined numbers of bacterial cells that were subjected to three different DNA extraction methods: the QIAamp DNA Mini Kit, Reischl et al.'s method and FTA Elute. FTA Elute significantly showed the highest median DNA extraction efficiency of 76.9% for E. coli and 108.9% for S. aureus. The Reischl et al. method and QIAamp DNA Mini Kit inhibited the E. coli qrtPCR assay with a 10-fold decrease of detectable DNA. None of the methods inhibited the S. aureus qrtPCR assay. The FTA Elute applicability was demonstrated with swab samples taken from the International Space Station (ISS) interior. Overall, the FTA Elute method was found to be the most suitable to selected criteria in terms of rapidity, easiness of use, DNA extraction efficiency, toxicity, and transport and storage conditions.

Indexed as

Bacteriological TechniquesDNA, BacterialEnvironmental MicrobiologyEscherichia coliHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSpecimen HandlingStaphylococcus aureusDNA, Bacterial

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PMID21311936
PMCPMC3181010
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