| Title: | Reverse transcriptase droplet digital PCR shows high resilience to PCR inhibitors from plant, soil and water samples |
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| Authors: | ID Rački, Nejc (Author)
ID Dreo, Tanja (Author)
ID Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Ion (Author)
ID Blejec, Andrej (Author)
ID Ravnikar, Maja (Author) |
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 URL - Source URL, visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13007-014-0042-6
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | Background
Detection and quantification of plant pathogens in the presence of inhibitory substances can be a challenge especially with plant and environmental samples. Real-time quantitative PCR has enabled high-throughput detection and quantification of pathogens; however, its quantitative use is linked to standardized reference materials, and its sensitivity to inhibitors can lead to lower quantification accuracy. Droplet digital PCR has been proposed as a method to overcome these drawbacks. Its absolute quantification does not rely on standards and its tolerance to inhibitors has been demonstrated mostly in clinical samples. Such features would be of great use in agricultural and environmental fields, therefore our study compared the performance of droplet digital PCR method when challenged with inhibitors common to plant and environmental samples and compared it with quantitative PCR.
Results
Transfer of an existing Pepper mild mottle virus assay from reverse transcription real-time quantitative PCR to reverse transcription droplet digital PCR was straight forward. When challenged with complex matrices (seeds, plants, soil, wastewater) and selected purified inhibitors droplet digital PCR showed higher resilience to inhibition for the quantification of an RNA virus (Pepper mild mottle virus), compared to reverse transcription real-time quantitative PCR.
Conclusions
This study confirms the improved detection and quantification of the PMMoV RT-ddPCR in the presence of inhibitors that are commonly found in samples of seeds, plant material, soil, and wastewater. Together with absolute quantification, independent of standard reference materials, this makes droplet digital PCR a valuable tool for detection and quantification of pathogens in inhibition prone samples. |
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| Keywords: | PCR amplification, inhibition, qPCR, droplet digital PCR, environmental samples |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 31.12.2014 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2014 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-10 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 10 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-20013  |
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| UDC: | 578 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1746-4811 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s13007-014-0042-6 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 3298895 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 15. 1. 2015;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 02.08.2024 |
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