Research Article

Characterization of eDNA from the Clinical Strain Acinetobacter baumannii AIIMS 7 and Its Role in Biofilm Formation

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PCR amplification of 16SrRNA, 5โ€ฒcoding region of bap and ๐‘ ๐‘™ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ƒ ๐ธ ๐‘… - 1 from genomic DNA and eDNA. Agarose gel (1.5%) showing (a): Lane M: Molecular weight marker (values in kb), Lane 1: 16SrRNA (1.5โ€‰kb) amplified from genomic DNA, and Lane 2: 16SrRNA (1.5โ€‰kb) amplified from eDNA. Lane 3: DNase, RNase, Protease-free water as negative PCR control. (b): Lane M: Molecular weight marker (values in kb), Lane 1: 1019โ€‰bp sized 5โ€ฒcoding region of bap gene amplified from genomic DNA, and Lane 2: 1019โ€‰bp sized 5โ€ฒcoding region of bap gene amplified from eDNA, Lane 3: DNase, RNase, Protease-free water as negative PCR control. (c): Lane M: Molecular weight marker (values in kb), Lane 1: 875โ€‰bp ๐‘ ๐‘™ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ƒ ๐ธ ๐‘… - 1 gene amplified from genomic DNA, Lane 2: 875โ€‰bp ๐‘ ๐‘™ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ƒ ๐ธ ๐‘… - 1 gene amplified from eDNA, and Lane 3: DNase, RNase, Protease-free water as negative PCR control.
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