Discrimination of viable and dead fecal Bacteroidales bacteria by quantitative PCR with Propidium monoazide

Sungwoo Bae, Stefan Wuertz*

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Abstract

Propidium monoazide (PMA) was optimized to discriminate between viable and dead Bacteroidesfragilis cells and extracellular DNA at different concentrations of solids using quantitative PCR. Conditions of 100 μM PMA and a 10-min light exposure also excluded DNA from heat-treated cells of nonculturable Bacteroidales in human feces and wastewater influent and effluent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2940-2944
Number of pages5
JournalApplied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume75
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Ecology

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