Dolosigranulum pigrum Primer Design for Isolation from Nasal Samples

Authors

Amber Palmer, George Washington University
Cindy Liu
Kelsey Roach
Maliha Aziz

Document Type

Poster

Abstract Category

Environmental and Occupational Health

Keywords

Dolosigranulum, primer, design

Publication Date

Spring 5-1-2019

Abstract

We aimed to design species specific primers for confirmation of Dolosigranulum pigrum isolates and detection of D. pigrum in nasal samples. Preliminary testing using DNA extracted from nasal swabs indicated that the murJ primer could detect D. pigrum from a nasal bacterial community.

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Comments

Presented at Research Days 2019.