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. 2022 Sep 30;22:230. doi: 10.1186/s12866-022-02650-7

Table 3.

Resource requirements and outputs of three DNA extraction methods

Method Cost per extractiona Extraction time Number of OTUs detected
0 h 6 h 18 h
PowerFood $ 5.02 34 min 14 ± 1 13 ± 1 18 ± 2b
PowerSoil $ 8.27 36.5 min 14 ± 1 14 ± 1 17 ± 2
Hybrid $ 10.28 2 h 10 min 13 ± 1 13 ± 1 19 ± 3c

acost reflects pricing available to Canadian government laboratories at the time the study was conducted

bsignificantly higher (P < 0.05) than at 0 h and 6 h, as determined by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the Tukey post-hoc test, n = 4

csignificantly higher (P < 0.05) than at 0 h and 6 h, as determined by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the Tukey post-hoc test., n = 4