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Published on: July 15, 2011
Stability of repetitive-sequence PCR patterns with respect to culture age and subculture frequency
Hyunseok Peter Kang1, W Michael Dunne
1Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Abstract:
To examine the stability of repetitive-sequence (rep) PCR profiles, six species of bacteria were subcultured to blood agar plates and DNA was extracted from the cultures after 24, 48, and 72 h of incubation at 35 degrees C. In addition, the same species were subcultured to fresh blood plates daily and DNA was extracted from the cultures after growth of 5, 10, and 15 subcultures, respectively. rep PCR analysis demonstrated that all rep PCR fingerprints from a single species were identical.
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