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. 2009 Jul 24;75(18):5787–5796. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00448-09

TABLE 4.

Proportion of positive PCR results using general Bacteroidales and swine-associated markers on water DNA extracts

Water sampling site (n) No. of positive PCR results/total no. of PCR results at DNA template concn
General Bacteroidales (Bac32)
Swine-associated Prevotella (PF163)
Swine-associated methanogens (P23-2)
Swine-associated Prevotella (PigBac1)
0.2 ng 1 ng 1 ng 10 ng 50 ng 10 ng
Illinoisa
    Site A
        Wells (16) 6/16 7/16 1/16 3/16 1/16 2/16
        Lagoon (1) 1/1 0/1 0/1 1/1 0/1 1/1
        North stream (1) 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
        North tile (1) 1/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
    Site C
        Wells (6) 3/6 1/6 2/6 2/6 2/6 1/6
        Lagoon (1) 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/1
        Seep from field (1) 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
        South stream (1) 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
    Site E
        Wells (11) 5/11 6/11 4/11 3/11 0/11 0/11
        Manure pit (n = 1) 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/1 0/1 1/1
Texas
    Lake Granbury (10) 10/10 NDb ND 6/10 2/10 10/10
    Buck Creek (10) 10/10 ND ND 6/10 0/10 0/10
a

With use of the general bacterial 16S rRNA gene-targeted PCR assay (8F/787R), 37/40 environmental DNA extracts from Illinois yielded positive PCR results.

b

ND, not determined.