Table 5.
Amplification success rates for live, RNAlater, and Lugol's solution samples.
| Gene | Live | RNAlater | Lugol's | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–7 days storage | 8–14 days storage | 15–21 days storage | 22–30 days storage | |||
| Successful (total attempts) | Successful (total attempts) | Successful (total attempts) | Successful (total attempts) | Successful (total attempts) | Successful (total attempts) | |
| rbcL | 348 (446) | 9 (15) | 1 (3) | 4 (13) | 4 (7) | 4 (53) |
| 18S | 183 (201) | 7 (8) | 1 (1) | 3 (4) | 1 (3) | 13* (19) |
| psbA | 65 (66) | 7 (7) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | NA | 1 (1) |
*
All of the successful samples were found to contain residual fungi DNA.