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. 2007 Sep 28;73(22):7380–7387. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00687-07

TABLE 3.

Comparison between DNA detection in the presence and absence of chlorine residue

Water sample (500 ml) source Total chlorine residue (mg/liter) CT value (FAM probe)a
100 H. pylori cells 100 H. pylori cells in the presence of Na-thiosulfate
Kentucky 1.50 40.63 34.11
Ohio-1 1.20 39.29 34.98
Ohio-2 1.58 39.13 34.70
Ohio-3 0.86 37.17 34.09
Distilled water 0 34.30 34.36
a

CT values are averages of duplicate samples.