Nippon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi
Online ISSN : 1882-0476
Print ISSN : 0916-4804
ISSN-L : 0916-4804
Short Report
Quantitation of Fungal DNA Contamination in Commercial Zymolyase and Lyticase Used in the Preparation of Fungi
Yoshiharu MiyajimaKazuo SatohYoshiko UmedaKoichi Makimura
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2009 Volume 50 Issue 4 Pages 259-262

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Small amounts of contaminants may lead to false-positive results in sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection systems. To analyze contaminants and understand the usability of β-glucanases in fungal preparations, we estimated the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) contamination in Zymolyase-100T and Lyticase by quantitative PCR. The amount of rDNA contamination determined by real-time PCR was 9210 copies/unit for Zymolyase-100T and 0.0323 copies/unit for Lyticase. The observations regarding these enzyme products indicate that careful consideration of contaminating DNA included in the reagents used for molecular diagnostics is necessary.

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© 2009 The Japanese Society for Medical Mycology
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