Table 7.
Results of amplified oral bacteria using the OB mRT-PCR kit in forensic DNA samples.
| No. | Sample source (evidence) | Storage | Case type | Conc. of total DNA | S. salivarius | S. sanguinis | N. subflava | Final conclusion | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/N | Ct | P/N | Ct | P/N | Ct | |||||||||
| M | Std | M | Std | M | Std | |||||||||
| 1 | Saliva on soil | 13 years | Homicide | 1.33 | P | 26.9 | 0.1 | P | 31.9 | 0.3 | P | 27.7 | 0.2 | P |
| 2 | Saliva on wastepaper | 11 years | Rape | 0.53 | P | 28.4 | 0.0 | P | 34.2 | 0.8 | P | 34.5 | 0.2 | P |
| 3 | Cigarette butt | 11 years | Thief | 0.33 | P | 29.8 | 0.2 | P | 32.2 | 0.6 | N | P | ||
| 4 | Saliva on box | 8 years | Thief | 0.59 | P | 35.9 | 0.1 | P | 35.5 | 0.3 | P | 30.6 | 0.3 | P |
| 5 | Cigarette butt | 7 years | Thief | 0.14 | N | N | P | 35.7 | 0.4 | N | ||||
| 6 | Bite mark on food | 3 years | Thief | 4.76 | N | P | 33.5 | 0.3 | P | 35.1 | 0.3 | P | ||
| 7 | Saliva on glass | 1 year | Fraud | 0.85 | P | 32.9 | 0.2 | N | P | 31.7 | 0.3 | P | ||
| 8 | Saliva on window | 1 year | Thief | 0.13 | P | 32.3 | 0.3 | P | 33.2 | 0.1 | P | 34.3 | 0.2 | P |
| 9 | Tooth brush | 8 months | Rape | 2.64 | P | 34.7 | 0.4 | P | 31.9 | 0.2 | N | P | ||
| 10 | Cigarette butt | 6 months | Rape | 0.25 | N | P | 35.4 | 0.1 | P | 33.4 | 0.2 | P | ||
| 11 | Blood on soli | 11 years | Homicide | 0.93 | N | N | N | N | ||||||
| 12 | Blood on gloves | 8 years | Homicide | 0.97 | N | N | N | N | ||||||
| 13 | Vaginal fluid | 13 years | Homicide | 5.83 | P | 32.7 | 0.2 | N | N | N | ||||
| 14 | Vaginal fluid | 9 years | Rape | 0.13 | N | N | N | N | ||||||
| 15 | Semen | 13 years | Rape | 3.46 | N | N | N | N | ||||||
| 16 | Semen | 7 years | Rape | 1.8 | N | N | N | N | ||||||
Conc.: concentration, P: positive, N: negative, M: mean, Std: standard deviation.