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REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SAO PAULO
Volume 56, Issue 1, Pages 29-33Publisher
INST MEDICINA TROPICAL SAO PAULO
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652014000100004
Keywords
DNA extraction; Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS); Spectrophotometry
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS)
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Currently there are several methods to extract bacterial DNA based on different principles. However, the amount and the quality of the DNA obtained by each one of those methods is highly variable and microorganism dependent, as illustrated by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) which have a thick cell wall that is difficult to lyse. This study was designed to compare the quality and the amount of CoNS DNA, extracted by four different techniques: two in-house protocols and two commercial kits. DNA amount and quality determination was performed through spectrophotometry. The extracted DNA was also analyzed using agarose gel electrophoresis and by PCR. 267 isolates of CoNS were used in this study. The column method and thermal lyses showed better results with regard to DNA quality (mean ratio of A260/280 = 1.95) and average concentration of DNA ((x) over bar = 1,018.2 ng/mu L), respectively. All four methods tested provided appropriate DNA for PCR amplification, but with different yields. DNA quality is important since it allows the application of a large number of molecular biology techniques, and also it's storage for a longer period of time. In this sense the extraction method based on an extraction column presented the best results for CoNS.
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