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ArticleBiology methods & protocols2024

Practical application of PMA-qPCR assay for determination of viable cells of inter-species biofilm of

Samuel Kendra, Jarmila Czucz Varga, Barbora Gaálová-Radochová, Helena Bujdáková

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Article in Biology methods & protocols, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Samuel KendraFaculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, 84215, Slovakia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0212-2528
Jarmila Czucz VargaFaculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, 84215, Slovakia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5161-0157
Barbora Gaálová-RadochováFaculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, 84215, Slovakia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-4658
Helena BujdákováFaculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, 84215, Slovakia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9219-0803

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Determining the number of viable cells by calculating colony-forming units is time-consuming. The evaluation of mixed biofilms consisting of different species is particularly problematic. Therefore, the aim of this study was to optimize a molecular method-propidium monoazide quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PMA-qPCR)-for accurate and consistent differentiation between living and dead cells. In the practical experimental example, the number of genome copies representing living cells was determined in a mixed biofilm of

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Candida albicansmixed biofilmphotodynamic inactivationPMA–qPCRStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID39659667
PMCPMC11631528

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