OPTIMIZING TAQ POLYMERASE CONCENTRATION FOR IMPROVED SIGNAL-TO-NOISE IN THE BROAD RANGE DETECTION OF LOW ABUNDANCE BACTERIA.

Optimizing Taq polymerase concentration for improved signal-to-noise in the broad range detection of low abundance bacteria.

BACKGROUND:PCR in principle can detect a single target molecule in a reaction mixture.Contaminating bacterial DNA in reagents creates a practical limit on the use of PCR to detect dilute bacterial DNA in environmental or public health samples.The most pernicious source of contamination is microbial DNA in DNA polymerase preparations.Importantly, al

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Speech discrimination abilities of hearing impaired children using conventional hearing aids and radio neckloop at different signal-to-noise ratios

Speech discrimination scores of 20 hearing impaired children with a mean age of 14 years were examined when using their own conventional hearing aids on the microphone setting and the radio neck loop with and without Rangehood Switch the use of the environment microphone of the radio receiver.Testing of speech discrimination was administered in noi

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