Table 6.
Summary of PCR performance of blended DNA polymerases (systems) tested in this study.
| TaKaRa Ex Taq™ combined with DreamTaq™ in TaKaRa Ex buffer | PicoMaxx™ System combined with DreamTaq™ in PicoMaxx™ buffer | DreamTaq™ in PicoMaxx™ buffer | pfu in PicoMaxx™ buffer | Pfu combined with DreamTaq™ in PicoMaxx™ buffer | pfu combined with DreamTaq™ in DreamTaq™ buffer | pfu combined with DreamTaq™ in pfu buffer | Pwo in PicoMaxx™ buffer | Pwo combined with DreamTaq™ in Pwo buffer | Pwo combined with DreamTaq™ in PicoMaxx buffer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring specimens | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Summer specimens | 3.5 kb: X | 3.5 kb: √√√/X | 3.5 kb: √/X or X | 3.5 kb: X | 3.5 kb: √√√√ or √√ | 3.5 kb: X | 3.5 kb: X | 3.5 kb: X | 3.5 kb: X (DNS) | 3.5 kb: √/X |
| Fall specimens | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
Note: See the notes in Table 5.