title: Polymerase chain reaction-gene probe detection of microorganisms by using filter-concentrated samples.
abstract: To detect low levels of microorganisms in environmental samples by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-gene probe detection, samples were concentrated by filtration. Fluoropore (Millipore Corp.) filters were compatible with PCR DNA amplification, whereas various other filters including nitrocellulose and cellulose acetate filters inhibited PCR amplification. By concentrating cells on Fluoropore filters and releasing the DNA by freeze-thaw cycling, PCR DNA amplification could be performed without removing the filter. Concentration with Fluoropore FHLP and FGLP filters permitted the detection of single cells of microorganisms in 100-ml samples by PCR-gene probes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bej
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Mahbubani
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dicesare
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Atlas
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005374:Filtration / Q000379:methods*; D005615:Freezing; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial