TABLE 2.

Yields obtained by HSCD DNA extraction^a

Organism and CFU	Mean ± SEM (μg/ml)	95% CI (μg/ml) (min, max)	Two-tailed P value
Yeast
S. cerevisiae
108	19.62 ± 1.65	+15.83, +23.42	≤0.005
107	0.99 ± 0.14	+0.67, +1.32
Filamentous fungi
P. boydii
108	19.68 ± 2.59	+13.71, +25.65	≤0.005
107	0.67 ± 0.05	+0.56, +0.77
R. arrhizus
108	27.70 ± 4.21	+17.98, +37.42	≤0.005
107	4.05 ± 0.22	+3.54, +4.56

^an is 9 for all organisms and CFU values. CI, confidence interval.