Table 1.
Summary statistics for results of real-time PCR assay using SSL-3 and 18S ribosomal gene primers with DNA templates of Botryococcus braunii strains.
| Clade† | N | CtSSL3 | Ct18S | ΔCt | 2−Δ(ΔCt) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average (SE) Median |
Max Min |
Average (SE) Median |
Max Min |
Average (SE) Median |
Max Min |
Average (SE) Median |
Max Min |
||
| A | 3 |
31.4 (0.85) 31.6 |
32.8 29.9 |
19.1 (1.3) 19.9 |
20.8 16.5 |
12.4 (1.8) 12.8 |
15.2 9.1 |
0.0075 (0.0065) 0.0015 |
0.021 0.00050 |
| L | 11 |
33.3 (0.42) 33.4 |
35.1 30.4 |
19.7 (0.12) 19.6 |
20.2 19.3 |
13.6 (0.40) 14.0 |
15.5 11.1 |
0.0020 (0.0005) 0.0011 |
0.0056 0.00040 |
| S | 7 |
33.3 (0.73) 33.9 |
35.7 30.0 |
19.5 (0.53) 19.5 |
22.4 18.2 |
13.8 (0.89) 13.6 |
17.6 10.6 |
0.0021 (0.0009) 0.0015 |
0.0073 0.000095 |
| B1 | 12 |
25.0 (0.28) 25.0 |
26.5 23.4 |
20.1 (0.26) 20.2 |
21.6 18.9 |
4.9 (0.15) 5.0 |
5.4 3.6 |
0.60 (0.05) 0.57 |
0.92 0.36 |
| B2 | 37 |
25.1 (0.24) 24.8 |
30.3 23.2 |
20.8 (0.25) 20.3 |
26.5 19.1 |
4.4 (0.06) 4.4 |
4.9 3.0 |
0.89 (0.03) 0.86 |
1.38 0.58 |
| Showa§ | 23.5 (0.25) | 19.3 (0.27) | 4.2 (0.012) | 1 | |||||
†Clade is classified based on the molecular phylogeny of 18S ribosomal sequence.
§Average (SE) of Ct values with Showa DNA template (N = 3).
ΔCt = CtSSL3 – Ct18S.
Δ(ΔCt) = ΔCt –ΔCtShowa.