Table 6.

Comparison of the UNEX buffer protocol with two commercial kits *.

Analyte	UNEX Buffer Method	UltraClean Soil DNA Kit	FastDNA Spin Kit for Soil
HuNoV	21.9 ± 0.4	21.6 ± 0.6	28.2 ± 1.5
MNV	26.8 ± 0.3	23.4 ± 0.2	31.1 ± 0.7
C. parvum	31.0 ± 0.6	40.1 ± 4.2	33.7 ± 1.2
Salmonella	31.9 ± 0.4	35.9 ± 0.7	27.9 ± 0.3
C. perfringens spores	25.4 ± 0.7	33.3 ± 0.6	30.4 ± 0.6

* N = 3 for each analyte.