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Evaluation of rapid DNA extraction methods for the quantitative detection of fungi using real-time PCR analysis
Richard A Haugland1, Nichole Brinkman, Stephen J Vesper
1National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. M.L. King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA. haugland.rich@epa.gov
Journal of Microbiological Methods
|May 29, 2002
Abstract:
Three comparatively rapid methods for the extraction of DNA from fungal conidia and yeast cells in environmental (air, water and dust) samples were evaluated for use in real-time PCR (TaqMan) analyses. A simple bead milling method was developed to provide sensitive, accurate and precise quantification of target organisms in air and water (tap and surface) samples. However, quantitative analysis of dust samples required further purification of the extracted DNA by a streamlined silica adsorption procedure.